Training, Readiness, Equipment and ability to fight else ware
The GAO released a 114 page report that has studied the impact of Iraq and Afghanistan on the U.S. Military. Their conclusions are alarming and include the following:
Training is being shorted
Readiness had been adversely impacted.
Equipment is in disrepair
Unready to fight else ware
This report was released the day before President Bush seems ready to increase the strain on the military by sending even more of the over stretched military to Iraq. Where are the over 300,000 plus Iraqi Military we have spent billions of dollars to train? We should be redeploying our forces out of Baghdad and other areas of conflict and telling the Iraqi Military it is their turn to defend their country.