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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:23 PM Original message |
"army stretched thin" and other hard to believe statements.. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. No trickle down there. I have it on personal experience. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. So if we just pulled out of all our bases around the world |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I never have understood what the purpose of us having bases around the wor |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. No. That's not my theory at all. In fact I didn't mention a theory. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've been asking that question as well. Where is the regular army? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Army makes no money for BushCo |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. or employ chaos-techniques to "argue" and legislate a military draft |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's only stretched thin because they are trying to avoid the draft |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. it only *appears* they are trying to avoid a draft. The "stretching thin" |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nope - they've been rotating them in and out of Iraq |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I understand. So a "Draft" will be great. |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. they can at least sustain money-pit operations, keeping Treasury drained.. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And part of the reason for that shift from support units to combat... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. The military is always short of troops and money to "protect" us. |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. And the Pentagon can not yet account for TRILLIONS of dollare that are |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Army is stretched thin |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. One might question whether this "stretching thin" is the actual goal... |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ratio of support troops to combat troops |
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