Rumsfeld Doesn't Want To Increase Army, Turns To Montenegro?

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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has not favored substantially expanding the Army, concluding that such a step would draw money from programs he favors to overhaul the military. Congress, however, has mandated a temporary 30,000-soldier increase for the Army.

The strain on the Army may grow worse if Italy decides to leave Afghanistan at yearend. Italy has some 1,600 troops among the 20,000 NATO-led troops in Afghanistan. (The U.S. also has more than 20,000 troops there.)

But even if Italy leaves the coalition, Rumsfeld has found one replacement source of troops: Montenegro. Montenegro?

[sarge43]

1. According to Wiki,

it has an army of 5,000 which it's planning to reduce to 2,500 AD within the next couple of years. That's a manpower pool we can count on.

:sarcasm:

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3. according to other reports

it has an army of 650-1,100, and a navy of about 1,000.

but it obviously won't give the coalition its entire army. we're probably looking at 300-400 troops, max.

[sarge43]

4. I'm not surprised.

Its total population is under one million. Unless Rummy made them an offer they can't refuse, your estimate is probably on the high side.

[tabasco]

2. The US had to pressure FIJI into sending 500 troops.

Fiji said they wouldn't come unless we paid them so Rummy said "OK".

What a grand coalition indeed ! :rofl:

The saad part is that OUR trooops are on third and fourth tours because of the criminal cabal.

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5. the conservative response

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MrToffeeLovesYa said...
Is it a double standard for liberals to be upset with George Allen for making "racist" comments, and to make fun of the fine people of Montenegro?

Conservatives like Rumsfeld proudly stand by the people of Montenegro, which roughly translates to "card playing black person", to bravely join us in the worldwide war on terror.

Get off your high horses, liberals! Where's the upside in making fun of the fine people of Montenegro? It only gives conservatives an opening to claim you are emboldening the terrorists by criticizing Rumsfeld.

C'mon, liberals. The U.S. reputation overseas couldn't be worse. Do we really want to piss off all those black card players? Pow!