February 28, 2005
That Troop Number Thang
"My own preference would have been for more forces after the conflict."
--Colin Powell, as recently interviewed in the British press.
Posted by Gregory at February 28, 2005 03:03 AM
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Poor Colin, always going with the flow.
Ouch - perfect reponse, Mr. Harris
Mr. Powell's present day candor is a day late and a dollar short. He should have stated his "preference" for additional troops to the media if his suggtions were not taken up at the end of "major combat operations". That might have forced the Pres to instruct Rummy to increase troop levels and there by possibly avoiding the some of the problems we have faced these past x number of months.
Stop the madness, JJ...
What number of troops, in a nation of 26 Million, would have "possibly" avoided "some" of the problems?
Powell always wants more troops - he didn't want to go after Saddam's army in Gulf I without more, more and more...
"Stop the madness, JJ...
What number of troops, in a nation of 26 Million, would have "possibly" avoided "some" of the problems?"
Posted by: Art
Several times the number - meaning that all available active-duty troops should have been put in as soon as possible, with the majority having spent the last months before the war training for occuptation/anti-guerrilla duties. And that, starting in Fall, 2002, *all* Army/Marine NG/reserve troops should have been called up, to get a few months of full-time training before being sent to Iraq.
Of course, as others have pointed out, doing this would have contradicted the administration line that the war would be quick and easy.
Barry-
For the love of God, stop this ridiculous line of argument.
Maybe Art wasn't clear when he wrote "26 Million" people
Try this: That's 26,000,000.
All our "soldiers" is about 400,000.
Explain to me how an additional 1 soldier per 100 Iraqi citizens was going to affect the story on the ground?
See, you can play at politics, but if you're completely ignorant of logistics, you only make an ass of yourself.
Do yourself a favor and stop right now, before this gets nasty.
