Uncle Sam wants your kids ... Now!

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By David H. Hackworth



We’ll soon have 150,000 U.S. troops stuck in the ever-expanding Iraqi quagmire, a number that will probably grow even larger before Iraq holds elections presently scheduled for the end of January ’05.



Maintaining such a force is a logistical and personnel nightmare for every grunt in Iraq. And according to several Pentagon number crunchers, it’s also driving the top brass bonkers.



Meanwhile the insurgents continue cutting our supply lines and whacking our fighting platoons and supporters, who attrit daily as soldiers and Marines fall to enemy shots, sickness or accidents. Empty platoons lose fights, so these casualties have to be replaced ASAP.



Since this tragic war kicked off in March 2003, the United States has evacuated an estimated 50,000 KIA, WIA and non-battle casualties from Iraq back to the States – leaving 50,000 slots that have had to be filled.



The job of finding fresh bodies to keep our units topped off falls mainly to the Army Recruiting Command. But the “making-quota” jazz put out by the Recruiting Command and the Pentagon to hype their billion-dollar recruiting effort, with its huge TV expenditure and big expansion of recruiters during the past year, is pure unadulterated spin. Not that this is anything new.



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[donhakman]

1. an army of old folks and children

http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/945375.htm

[whistle]

2. Just exactly how does the U.S. handle the logistical supplies. . .

. . . for our troops in Iraq? Everything comes through the very narrow Iraqi port situated between Kuwait and Iran correct? I suppose we have some transport from the north out of Turkey, but isn't that even more dangerous for our troops? Stuffing more American troops is clearly creating more targets like Rumsfeld has said many times.

[Florida_Geek]

3. hack's web page

is interesting.

http://www.hackworth.com/

today there are articles on the lack of M16 Amno, PG Army/Marines, C17s setting idle.....