Bush's Joint Chiefs Nominee: "No Amount Of Troops & No Amount Of Time Will Make Much Difference"

[kpete]

Joint Chiefs Nominee Notes Toll on Military, Need to Plan for Iraq Drawdown

By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 1, 2007; Page A02

Adm. Michael G. Mullen, President Bush's nominee to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate panel yesterday that the war in Iraq is taking a heavy toll on the U.S. military, warning that American forces are "not unbreakable" and stressing the need to "plan for an eventual drawdown" of troops.

Appearing in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mullen, 60, acknowledged that the increase in U.S. forces cannot continue past April 2008 under the military's current force structure. He also cautioned that Iraqi political reconciliation is not keeping pace with security improvements.

Unless the Iraqi government takes advantage of the "breathing space" that U.S. forces are providing, Mullen said, "no amount of troops in no amount of time will make much of a difference."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073100990.html?hpid=topnews

[bryant69]

1. That doesn't mean we aren't going to keep pouring them in anyway

I mean yeah it won't make a difference, but you gotta understand. Our troops aren't wealthy senators, and therefore their lives are meaningless.

Bryant
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[babylonsister]

2. But is this appeasement so he gets the nod? Will he revert to the

Petraeus mode once selected? I worry.

[atreides1]

4. I say yes

Looking at the track record of some of Bush's past nominees, the admiral will revert to norm once he gets confirmed!

[BOSSHOG]

5. I'm a tad optimistic

ADM Mullen does not fit the bush lackey mold. I was very surprised he got the nomination. bush and cheney probably want to set him up as a head butting kind of guy, someone they can blame shit on in about nine months if he doesn't tow the line, which they are hoping for. Sick motherfuckers to the core.

[Subdivisions]

3. Adm. Michael G. Mullen;

Shortest Joint Chiefs of Staff tenure ever.

[MiniMe]

6. I guess * is about to withdraw his nomination

He doesn't tolerate dissent