General Petraeus Was Told He Would Get More Troops If He Needed Them

[eleny]

So 20,000 troops is only the beginning of this current escalation. McCain didn't have any problem sharing that at the start of his interview with Russert this Sunday.

Excerpt from MTP Transcript for Jan. 21, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634747/

"MR. RUSSERT: .......Adding around 20,000 to the 132,000 currently there will increase U.S. capabilities, but not enough to stabilize the country.” You agree with that?

SEN. McCAIN: I am concerned about it, whether it is sufficient numbers or not. I would have like to have seen more. I looked General Petraeus in the eye and said, “Is that sufficient for you to do the job?” He assured me that he thought it was and that he had been told that if he needed more he would receive them ."

[ShortnFiery]

1. Only through The Draft. Our troops are "running on empty" after up to three tours. n/t

[eleny]

2. Wherever they get them - Petraeus knows he can have more

Heck, they could yank sailors and coast guard folks.

But the talk has all been about how this surge is their last chance. In a word - not.

[Supersedeas]

6. apparently McCain in the Brain has some plan for re-enforcements

[The Count]

3. Might as well remember this pentagon estimate (doubling of casualties

http://seesdifferent.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/pentagon-doubling-of-us-casualties-estimated-with-surge
Pentagon planners this week warned President George W. Bush that his “troop surge” plan could double U.S. casualties in Iraq in the coming year and result in 10,000 or more American deaths by the end of 2008. (with more than 100,000 wounded and/or maimed for life.) In a classified assessment memo, military experts predicted violence against U.S. troops will increase “at a sustained pace” and concluded that increasing the use of soldiers for house to house searches in Baghdad will “dramatically alter” the “ratio of casualties to actions” in that civil-war torn city, says a military source familiar with the memo.

[rocktivity]

4. "HE HAD BEEN TOLD that if he needed more he would receive them"?

Fine, then, General, call their bluff. Ask for 200,000 soliders NOW (which is what Bush was told he needed in the first place) and see if you get to keep your job!

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rocknation

[eleny]

7. I want to know who the hell told Petraeus he would get more if needed

[Rex]

5. They need a million...

Or at least pre-Gulf War I levels (500,000). I cannot BELIEVE people like McCain are in charge of running the country! We are DOOMED if this continues! Stupid people are going to destroy our wonderful country!

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