AWOL Under the gun....to reduce troops....

[cthrumatrix]

Pentagon May Have to Reduce U.S. Forces in Iraq -CBO

Reuters
Tuesday, September 2, 2003; 8:32 PM


By Vicki Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration may have to cut U.S. troops in Iraq by more than half to keep enough forces to face other threats, a congressional agency said on Tuesday in a report that fueled calls for more international help for peacekeeping in Iraq.

The Congressional Budget Office said under current policies, the Pentagon would be able to sustain an occupation force of 38,000 to 64,000 in Iraq long term, down from the existing 150,000 that a number of lawmakers said is not enough to confront the spiraling violence.

Sen. Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat who requested the CBO study, said it showed that President Bush's policies in Iraq were "straining our forces to the breaking point."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A16592-2003Sep2?language=printer

Many of you have asked..."what's a "quagmire""? Above is a good example.

How will AWOL get out of this mess?

[whathappened]

1. right now he is

double dipping are people in the arms forces , my nepthews son is a state police man , and a army reserve , he just got back last year from a ttour in middle east , and already he has orders to go to iraq , his wife is having a fit , so little jr. is double dipping are reserves to rotate these people , so what is happening is they are on call over here to replace the ones over there , what b.s master mind has thought up this kind of rotation