13,000 that don't really count

stoneric · 10-13-2009, 02:53 PM

Backdoor Escalation Is Separate From McChrystal Request
by Jason Ditz, October 13, 2009

Last month, the Pentagon confirmed that it would be removing 14,000 support troops from Afghanistan and replacing them with 14,000 combat troops, saying they needed more “trigger pullers” on the ground.

Today, officials are reporting that President Obama has approved another 13,000 support troops for Afghanistan, essentially completing the backdoor escalation that many predicted the moment the support cut was announced.

Defense officials claim that President Obama has been planning this move and has approved of it since March, when he unveiled his “21,000″ troop escalation which has quickly become a 34,000 troop escalation. Officials say the number of soldiers on the ground won’t increase by years end, but it seems the president has already made arrangements to see the overall force rise to 80,000+ sometime next year.

This is in addition to the over 60,000 additional soldiers requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, which seems poised to raise the occupation force to one larger than even the failed Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980’s. If approved, it will also mean President Obama will have more than tripled the number of American soldiers on the ground since taking office.

What utter bullshit.

ProfessorMurder · 10-13-2009, 03:01 PM

yeah, dude, that shit is just combat troops, did the general forget to mention that.

Notice they don't tell you the price tag for troop transport
approx. $100,000 just to get one (1) soldier over there.

Support Personel (mercenaries) sold seperatly.

Mydriasis · 10-13-2009, 03:07 PM

Nobel Peace Prize Fail

ProfessorMurder · 10-13-2009, 03:14 PM

The Military Industrial Corporation is half assin' the job to prolong the war.

cantSEEme · 10-13-2009, 03:26 PM

not surprising in the least

10-13-2009, 02:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
stoneric bougeman Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,223 Thanks: 431 Thanked 1,246 Times in 892 Posts	13,000 that don't really count Backdoor Escalation Is Separate From McChrystal Request by Jason Ditz, October 13, 2009 Last month, the Pentagon confirmed that it would be removing 14,000 support troops from Afghanistan and replacing them with 14,000 combat troops, saying they needed more “trigger pullers” on the ground. Today, officials are reporting that President Obama has approved another 13,000 support troops for Afghanistan, essentially completing the backdoor escalation that many predicted the moment the support cut was announced. Defense officials claim that President Obama has been planning this move and has approved of it since March, when he unveiled his “21,000″ troop escalation which has quickly become a 34,000 troop escalation. Officials say the number of soldiers on the ground won’t increase by years end, but it seems the president has already made arrangements to see the overall force rise to 80,000+ sometime next year. This is in addition to the over 60,000 additional soldiers requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, which seems poised to raise the occupation force to one larger than even the failed Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980’s. If approved, it will also mean President Obama will have more than tripled the number of American soldiers on the ground since taking office. What utter bullshit.

10-13-2009, 03:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
ProfessorMurder Jackal Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rio Grande Valley, Texas Posts: 1,270 Thanks: 31 Thanked 122 Times in 99 Posts	yeah, dude, that shit is just combat troops, did the general forget to mention that. Notice they don't tell you the price tag for troop transport approx. $100,000 just to get one (1) soldier over there. Support Personel (mercenaries) sold seperatly. __________________ "No contaban con mi astucia!"

10-13-2009, 03:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mydriasis Do Not Resuscitate Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,317 Thanks: 840 Thanked 431 Times in 298 Posts	Nobel Peace Prize Fail __________________ ۞

10-13-2009, 03:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
ProfessorMurder Jackal Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rio Grande Valley, Texas Posts: 1,270 Thanks: 31 Thanked 122 Times in 99 Posts	The Military Industrial Corporation is half assin' the job to prolong the war. __________________ "No contaban con mi astucia!"

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cantSEEme Cold School Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,051 Thanks: 152 Thanked 127 Times in 457 Posts	not surprising in the least

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