Iraq : Conditions in Iraq to Dictate Troop Numbers, Rumsfeld Says

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http://www.lknliving.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=366

Iraq : Conditions in Iraq to Dictate Troop Numbers, Rumsfeld Says

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2005 - A Defense Department report expected to go to Congress soon will address stability and security in Iraq, but won't deliver force-level projections, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters today.

"All we can do is repeat the truth. And the truth is that the situation in Iraq and our force levels are going to depend on a variety of variables, and the decisions as to the size of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq will be a function of the conditions on the ground," the secretary said.

Conditions on the ground will reflect the intensity of the insurgency, political progress being made and success in training and equipping Iraqi security forces, Rumsfeld said.

Iraqi security forces are coming into their own, with more than 171,000 now trained and equipped, the secretary said. As their capabilities increase, these forces will take on more responsibility for their own security. It won't happen at all once, he said, but will depend on the security situation in different parts of the country.

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[Career Prole]

1. Should have thought of that a few years ago

you dumb shit. :grr:

[BeyondThePale]

2. What a load of horseshit and double speak...

This guy should have been fired soooo long ago

[sabra]

3. he is in total WTF mode

he's tried to resign twice, and was denied by *. So he really doesn't seem to give a...

[bpilgrim]

4. they are determined not to fall into the westMOREland 'trap', again

idiots STILL don't realize there is no 'WINING' formula no matter how many we kill or how long it takes.

peace

[Todd B]

5. Someone tell him that this IS NO COALITION! It is, and always has been, US

I really wish he would stop saying coalition forces - it makes him look like a moron (even more then he is already).

And does anyone else do a little double take when he was talking about "repeating the truth"? I'm not even sure he knows the meaning of the word (or a lot of other ones for that matter too).

[leesa]

6. Why do they allow this old fool to speak anymore?

[daleo]

7. How Dr. Strangelovian, with the math talk:

"force levels are going to depend on a variety of variables, and the decisions as to the size of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq will be a function of the conditions on the ground"

Could you specify the variables, coefficients, and precise functional relationships, Dr StrangeRummy? Or is it Dr. RummyLove?

[FloridaPat]

8. So there are more of them then us so we're not needed anymore.

Amazing how just a couple of months ago they had 2 trained people after 2 years but now there are 171,000