Army study finds troops are stretched thin

[sabra]

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http://www.kpho.com/global/story.asp?s=3592052&ClientType=Printable

Army study finds troops are stretched thin


WASHINGTON A new study finds that if troops remain deployed at current levels, the Army will have serious problems keeping enough soldiers trained and ready.

The study was prepared by the non-profit RAND corporation.

Pentagon officials have said they're adding an extra 30-thousand troops to the active-duty force.

Some members of Congress have argued for months that the Army needs to get bigger.

Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson says "the Army is being asked to do too much with too few people in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere."

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[acmejack]

1. They paid someone to tell them that?

It is, like, common knowledge!

[etherealtruth]

2. I wonder how much they paid for a study ....

...to tell them the obvious:crazy:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. They could have looked here.....

but this probably doesn't cost enough.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=troops+stretched+thin

[bluestateguy]

4. There are always the cloning bases on the planet Kamino

YOu have to get the troops from somewhere, and the Kaminoians say that it will take 10 years to grow new stormtroopers, so let's get to work.

[0007]

5. Is this their way of asking for a draft?

"The study was prepared by the non-profit RAND corporation" Does this mean that the study was free?

[etherealtruth]

6. I think attacking Iran will be their way of asking....

:evilfrown:

[lovelaureng]

7. WTF!

Who would have thunk that?:banghead:

[mmonk]

8. Yeah, a war with no end game

to "democratize" the whole middle east will require a little more than we are commiting.

[niallmac]

9. I think I have super powers!

who will believe me? Somehow I knew
we did not have enough soldiers for a phony war...! I'm a frigging savant!
I also knew we were being lied to before the war. I knew
that facts were being changed to fit the rush to war and
that bombing Iraq would kill thousands of innocent people and make more enemies than we could dream of. I could charge thousands for my powers and save the government money too!
No wait, I didn't know my democratic party would wag their tales and play fetch for the dubya for five years. Oh yeah, I didn't foresee the press selling out to the 4th Reich. Oh, and I didn't foresee Katie Couric as an MSM suck up. No, wait, I knew that a decade ago. Crap. I was all ready to wear a cape too. I think I will anyway.

[Solly Mack]

10. that's what comes from wars of occupation

and it won't change as long as such (illegal) invasions are considered a viable military option

Terrorism is a crime...not an act of war.

[Mythsaje]

11. OUR tax dollars at work...

Ever get the feeling these guys just burn our money?