Joint Chiefs to Bush - CUT Iraq Troop Levels by 50%

Violence in Sothern Iraq Flairs Since British Reduced Force Levels!

Published on September 1, 2007 By COL Gene In Politics

Bush got two more jolts this week. Yesterday the Joint Chiefs told Bush and Cheney that the Army and Marines CAN not sustain the troop levels in Iraq. The Joint Chiefs said we should cut the troop strength to 80,000. The Army Chief of Staff also wants to cut the tour length to 12 months from the current 15 month tour. This may be at odds with what General Petraeus may want but the limits of the overall size of the ground forces will force the reduction of the troop levels in Iraq.

The second issue is the resumption of fighting in the southern portion in Iraq. This is the area that the British troops held and now that they have reduced there troop levels the factions are resuming the fighting. We are not moving toward stability and this increase in the fighting threatens the oil production in the south. It is a clear indication that the issues that are at the root cause of the fighting have not been resolved and is a precursor of what will take place when we draw down our troop levels in Iraq.

In addition are two other reports one that indicates the Iraqi Police have very substantial problems and the GAO report that says Iraq is not moving in the right direction. WHEN WILL BUSH WAKE UP? It is time for Congress to pull the plug and phase out the funding for the Iraq War which will force Bush to accept reality!

Comments

adnauseam

on Sep 01, 2007

If you can read, or access (online), the Sunday Telegraph (London), tomorrow, you will read a British General's summation of the war in Iraq. You may, or may not appreciate his comments on Donald Rumsfeld, the cocky Bush Defence Secretary who invaded with both six guns firing and had no plan for the bloody aftermath five years on. General Sir Mike Jackson is no fool. Rumsfeld was, along with many others.

ParaTed2k

on Sep 01, 2007

When they had fewer troops you whined that they needed more... now that they have more you whine that there are too many there.

I think you need to change your diaper, that is probably all that is needed.

COL Gene

on Sep 01, 2007

Reply By: ParaTed2k Posted: Saturday, September 01, 2007
When they had fewer troops you whined that they needed more... now that they have more you whine that there are too many there.

I think you need to change your diaper, that is probably all that is needed.

YOU ARE THE ONE IN DIAPERS and you need to get YOUR head out of you’re a*s!

My Comments were consistent. The time for MORE troops was when Saddam Fell BEFORE the factions organized and BEFORE the foreign Terrorists came in to Iraq. More troops today is too late and we have used up our ground forces. Now the Army and Marines can no longer maintain the 160,000 troops in Iraq and even that number is far too small to control the violence. Bush acknowledged the Army was too small in 2000, before the Iraq War and did NOTHING to seek support from Congress for 6 Years to expand the size of the Army. Now the truth is we MUST get out of Iraq and turn the responsibility of controlling Iraq over to the Iraqi People. We still do not have a military large enough to deal with the situation in this very dangerous world!

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