TomClash
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Thu Dec-03-09 12:53 PM
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Poll question: How long until the Pentagon asks the President for more soldiers in Afpak? |
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I'd say by the end of 2010, the military will ask the President for another two divisions.
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:30 PM
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1. It pretty much already happened: |
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Thu Dec-03-09 02:57 PM
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3. That's no more than an extra logistical brigade |
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But the Gates/Clinton testimony gives them an opening to provide another division or more.
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:34 PM
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2. His West Point speech pretty much confirms that, like Clinton, he can be 'rolled' as they say. |
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Or used to say, i.e., he's basically a doormat, so they will get more soldiers when they want them - they need merely ask.
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Thu Dec-03-09 02:58 PM
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4. Exhibit A is the McChrystal leak nt |
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