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elocs

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Tue Sep-22-09 04:41 PM
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16. If we had the troops would it help to put in 500,000 like we had in Vietnam

Edited on Tue Sep-22-09 04:42 PM by elocs

considering that Afghanistan is twice the size of Vietnam?

Check out the history of our troop strength in Vietnam:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/U.S._Troop_levels_in_Vietnam_War

Year Troop Level

1959 760

1960 900

1961 3,025

1962 11,300

1963 16,300

1964 23,300

1965 184,300

1966 385,300

1967 485,600

1968 536,100

1969 475,200

1970 334,600

1971 156,800

1972 24,200

1973 50

Does this teach us anything?

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