Bush hears military worries on war strains

[unhappycamper]

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, stand with President Bush at the Pentagon after a meeting with senior uniformed leadership about Iraq on March 26.


Bush hears military worries on war strains
By Robert Burns - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Mar 27, 2008 6:37:00 EDT

WASHINGTON — Behind the Pentagon’s closed doors, U.S. military leaders told President Bush on Wednesday they are worried about the Iraq war’s mounting strain on troops and their families. But they indicated they’d go along with a brief halt in pulling out troops this summer.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff did say senior commanders in Iraq should make more frequent assessments of security conditions, an idea that appeared aimed at increasing pressure for more rapid troop reductions.

The chiefs’ concern is that U.S. forces are being worn thin, compromising the Pentagon’s ability to handle crises elsewhere in the world.

In the war zone itself, two more American soldiers were killed Wednesday in separate attacks in Baghdad, raising the U.S. death toll to at least 4,003, according to an Associated Press count. Volleys of rockets also slammed into Baghdad’s Green Zone for the third day this week, and the U.S. Embassy said three Americans were seriously wounded. At least eight Iraqis were killed elsewhere in the capital by rounds that apparently fell short.

Wednesday’s 90-minute Pentagon session, held in a secure conference room known as “the Tank,” was arranged by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to provide Bush an additional set of military views as he prepares to decide how to proceed in Iraq once his troop buildup, which began in 2007, runs its course by July.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/03/ap_bushpentagon_032608/

[jimshoes]

1. Bush hears military worries on war strains

Now watch this drive.

[spartan61]

2. And does anyone even believe that bush gives a sweet

damn about the strains on the troops and their families??? As long as he and his twin daughters aren't over there doing his bidding, he doesn't much care. What a pathetic waste of space bush is!!!

[DainBramaged]

3. Bush didn't "hear" shit, he doesn't give a shit about the military

and never has.

Press ops like this make me madder than a dog with a tick in his ear.

[bdamomma]

4. W does not care about the troops.

as evil prick dick said "they volunteered", what they are doing to these troops is immoral and so shameful.

[DrDan]

5. it's time the troops heard about the incredible strain this war puts on the pres

there is no one that shoulders more of the burden than does junior. . .

heard it from both cheney and laura - so you know it is true