US Army May Keep Forces in Iraq Through '06

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The US Army's top general said Wednesday he is making plans based on the possibility that the Army will be required to keep tens of thousands of soldiers in Iraq through 2006.

Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, told the House Armed Services Committee of the United States that "for planning purposes" he has ordered his staff to consider how the Army would replace the force that is now rotating into Iraq with another force of similar size in 2005 -- and again in 2006.

Stretched by commitments in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea and the Balkans, the Army has used emergency authority to go beyond the limit set by US Congress on the number of soldiers who can be in uniform, Schoomaker said.

Members of the House panel expressed surprise that Rumsfeld had agreed that the Army needed as many as 30,000 more soldiers, since he has publicly opposed a legislative move to expand the service.

http://www.china.org.cn/english/international/85633.htm

[Qanisqineq]

1. oh great

Just enough time for my husband to have to do another year there.

[DemoTex]

2. Let's hear it! Gimme an "F"!

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Iraq-nam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraq-nam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on Bu$hies, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those bucks —
Neils in Bankok ... you know he f***ks
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraq-nam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Iraq-Cong.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraq-nam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Iraq-nam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraq-nam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

[gate of the sun]

3. I suppose that's under the assumption Bush remains

as President..if not who knows what will happen.

[DuctapeFatwa]

5. Changing the anchor talent does not change the news

although many people have a great deal of admiration and very special feelings for some of the Democratic candidates, to avoid disappointment and keep the memory of those feelings pleasant, maintaining contact with reality is a smart choice.

the election will determine who runs the war, not whether that will be one.

[mikehiggins]

4. WOW! Imagine that

The soldiers may not be coming home all that soon.

Those, of course, who do make it back alive.

Well, at least we got those WMD's that George and Dick and Don and Colin told us about.

This circus and all its clowns HAVE to go.