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commanding
10-12-2009, 08:51 AM
should the US congress and the President approve the troop "surge" of 40,000 soldiers to Afghanistan as requested by Gen. McCrystal?
Ordie
10-12-2009, 10:16 AM
But where will the troops and Marines come from? Does this mean units will have less than a year to turn around and deploy again?

You can't feed from an empty bowl.
Chulo
10-12-2009, 10:27 AM
But where will the troops and Marines come from? Does this mean units will have less than a year to turn around and deploy again?

You can't feed from an empty bowl.
How about Iraq, where Obama has promised to withdraw from at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/index_campaign.php
Ordie
10-12-2009, 10:34 AM
How about Iraq, where Obama has promised to withdraw from at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/index_campaign.php

What is the turnaround period? and long term impacts to retention?
LineDoggie
10-12-2009, 10:42 AM
But where will the troops and Marines come from? Does this mean units will have less than a year to turn around and deploy again?

You can't feed from an empty bowl. The Guard as always.......
Chulo
10-12-2009, 10:42 AM
What is the turnaround period? and long term impacts to retention?
Does that matter when Obama has promised to pull troops out of Iraq? I think those questions you should be asking him.
Rossdobby
10-12-2009, 04:27 PM
Yah 40,000 U.S. troops would take alot of pressure off other NATO countries like Canada and Great Britian. We would be able to do our mission more efficiently. We would be able to train the ANP and ANA much better. Mainly we have to show the afghans what we are there for and that is their Freedom, Rights and security. We have to build schools infastructure and create jobs for these people while allowing them to follow there customs and traditions.
Ordie
10-12-2009, 04:33 PM
We have to build schools infastructure and create jobs for these people while allowing them to follow there customs and traditions.

We don't need to build anything.

Why not allow Afghans to build thier own infrastructure as a means to mitigate the 40% unemployment in that country.
Rossdobby
10-12-2009, 04:37 PM
Thats what I ment they build it we just guide them along. Thats why I said create jobs in my first post.
TheSteve
10-12-2009, 05:30 PM
40,000 more troops combined with the overhaul of strategy in Afghanistan could go a long way. But the army is strained, there is still over 120,000 troops in Iraq, we should remember that.

This is an interesting NPR report on the subject.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113724464


John Nagl, a former lieutenant colonel in the Army and president of the Center for a New American Security, speaks with Steve Inskeep about the status of U.S. forces. Nagl says the military is already under strain as the president weighs whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.

*He wrote "How to eat soup with a knife" for those of you who might know the book.