Post by red on Jan 26, 2006 8:26:18 GMT -8
Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a "thin green line" that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon.
The Pentagon presents a study which states that troops are weak and too few in numbers.
www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/25/army.study.ap/index.html
excerpt: "...under a Pentagon contract, concluded that the Army cannot sustain the pace of troop deployments to Iraq long enough to break the back of the insurgency. He also suggested that the Pentagon's decision, announced in December, to begin reducing the force in Iraq this year was driven in part by a realization that the Army was overextended."
But the conclusion couldn't be a "pull out" when the Commander-in-Chief, The Prez, publicly re-iterates US resolve to fight on. So where would we going to get more troops?