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Anonymous

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GEE- I thought we were told that when the Dems got control they would do away with the military... :???:

Now, they're doing something that should have been done 7 years ago when we went into 2 prolonged wars, without enough troops to carry them out- increasing the force size.....

But its no surprise as it was one of Obama's campaign promises...IF you listened... :wink:

Defense secretary to add up to 22,000 troops to U.S. Army



WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that he plans to increase the size of the U.S. Army by up to 22,000 troops.

Gates said at a Pentagon news conference that the goal of the increase is to ease the strain of deployment, as many troops have faced repeated lengthy rotations in Afghanistan or Iraq.

He called it a temporary increase planned to last three fiscal years, expanding U.S. troop levels from the current 547,000 to a maximum of 569,000.

The increase will not create new combat forces, Gates said, but will help both commanders in the field and families back home by reducing the pressures of multiple rotations.
 

Tam

Well-known member
Hey Oldtimer if Bush would have agreed to 22,000 more soldiers and the expense of the additions, what would you have said. :? I'll bet you and the Dems would have thrown a fit :wink:

If Obama OK's the additions I hope all of them ask to see his citizenship records before they agree to sign up and deploy, so there isn't another 22,000 soldiers put in danger by a questionably legal President.
 

hopalong

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
GEE- I thought we were told that when the Dems got control they would do away with the military... :???:

Now, they're doing something that should have been done 7 years ago when we went into 2 prolonged wars, without enough troops to carry them out- increasing the force size.....

But its no surprise as it was one of Obama's campaign promises...IF you listened... :wink:

Defense secretary to add up to 22,000 troops to U.S. Army



WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that he plans to increase the size of the U.S. Army by up to 22,000 troops.

Gates said at a Pentagon news conference that the goal of the increase is to ease the strain of deployment, as many troops have faced repeated lengthy rotations in Afghanistan or Iraq.

He called it a temporary increase planned to last three fiscal years, expanding U.S. troop levels from the current 547,000 to a maximum of 569,000.

The increase will not create new combat forces, Gates said, but will help both commanders in the field and families back home by reducing the pressures of multiple rotations.

Problem is oldtimer you listened to all of the garbage that he promised, AND bought it!!!!!!
Maybe you should have read more anbd listened less!!!
Or were your glasses to fogged up with the brown stuff to see it ?????? :wink: :wink:

EH??
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
Might be a good time to do some recruiting, enough people out of work.

The wages would need to be higher than what you can make on unemployment or welfare.

Were recuriters not having a hard time getting people to sign up previously.
 

Ben H

Well-known member
Sounds good, but we're going to need to make cuts elsewhere to fund it. Knowing that's not going to happen, it plays right into the agenda, overwhelm the system. Don't get me wrong, it needs to be done, but I think we need to cut a heck of a lot more things that the federal government has no business being involved with.
 
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