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US Armed forces spread too thin?

I just read an interesting TIME magazine article dealing with the question:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/a...00.html?cnn=yes

It is a little bit biased towards saying we are, but in my experience TIME has always tried to serve as a counterpoint to the "official" word coming out of Washington...no matter which party is in power.


MrS

I heard an interesting point on MSNBC from an ex-general (now military corrospondent) that during and before the gulf war heavily critized the numbers of US forces as being to thin.

He said, "It's a mute point". Because 75% of US forces are already being deployed world round (Afghan and Iraq). There can be no debate about the topic, because even if more forces are needed, they're are no more to be brought in. He did say the only alternative is to raise more national gaurd, and increase the ammount of batalions from 5 to 9, but he said the US is better of training the Iraqis to defend themselves. And he approves of what the US is doing in establishing both an Iraqi police and defense force this early on.

if only the U.S was willing to concede power in Iraq to the U.N we would have a great many number of troops on the ground.


p.s anyone find the WMD's???

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Originally posted by drgoodvibe p.s anyone find the WMD's???

If you ask an average american that question, the most likely answer would be yes.

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 If you ask an average american that question, the most likely answer would be yes.

aaaaaaah mmmmmmmmmm what a surprise,they probably think 9/11 was Iraqs fault too!!!!

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 If you ask an average american that question, the most likely answer would be yes.

hrmm thats a tad confusing then. If the average american would believe that WMD exist or have existed and there is proof.. then where is it plastered allover CNN? I'm sure congress and Bush would love to prove to the world that they were right. But so far.. no smoking gun =\

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This is what strategic planning looks like in the world after 9/11. The military is extended to its limits as the U.S. invades lands that are�or might be�bases for terrorists or suppliers of unconventional arms, and then sticks around until certain they aren't. Even without new missions, the armed services are straining to handle the ones they have. The U.S. military proved in its 21-day march to Baghdad that its infantrymen, tankers and artillerymen can be brilliantly efficient when called upon to conquer a country. But America lacks the cleanup crews�the military police, the civil-affairs experts, the engineering units and all the other street-by-street peacekeepers�needed to occupy whole countries for months if not years, particularly if gratitude is not always the local custom.

they finally realize it...

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Originally posted by drgoodvibe if only the U.S was willing to concede power in Iraq to the U.N we would have a great many number of troops on the ground.

the US is willing to concede power... if only the UN would have a great many number of troops willing to be deployed on the ground.

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Originally posted by Yoepus the US is willing to concede power... if only the UN would have a great many number of troops willing to be deployed on the ground.

Why would the UN help the US?? THe US barely ever does what the UN says its pathetic.

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Originally posted by drgoodvibe hrmm thats a tad confusing then. If the average american would believe that WMD exist or have existed and there is proof.. then where is it plastered allover CNN? I'm sure congress and Bush would love to prove to the world that they were right. But so far.. no smoking gun =\

Still, there was a poll which showed more than 50% of americans believed wmd's have been found. Obviously less than 50% watch news on regular bases.

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 Still, there was a poll which showed more than 50% of americans believed wmd's have been found. Obviously less than 50% watch news on regular bases.

are you serious?? what kind of idiocy is that. How could 50% of the population believe that WMD's exist if there have been NO news of it at all. Talk about blind, deaf, AND dumb.

Now now, let's not 'sex up' the polls. The actual number of idiots in the sample was approximately 33%. And the polling was conducted on May 14-18, at a time when we kept seeing all those 'possible' wmd reports on the news and before the political flap of not finding any became the new media headlines.

Edit: Idiots should have still paid more attention to the news

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/...ont/6085261.htm

^^^^^^^^ good article.. thanks for clearing that up

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