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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Jesus, give me a freakin' break. The military is in disarray. They are stretched so thin they can't respond to issues in the United States with bodies or equipment. They are being forced to recycle soldiers as quick as they can just to maintain troop levels in Iraq. The reserves are comepletely tapped out. They are being forced to give convicted felons pardons, just as incentive to join the service and fill the needs. They can't recruit bodies to meet quotas and are required to lie and use dirty tricks to coherce people into signing up. No, no disarray there.
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This rings with more truth then I'd like. The question I'd like answered is why? The engaged and supporting forces in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't big enough to seriously drain a nation as wealthy and large as the US, (in my opinion). The other question is why go to war in Iraq when immediate concerns were raise about the limits of infantry numbers.
Of all the things big and small Bush has done wrong these two, especially the former, are the biggest condemnations of his administration.