Army chief wants to speed up troop hike

[babylonsister]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_re_us/army_chief_iraq;_ylt=AoOI4XyO3uW8UIP2jRADIoys0NUE

Army chief wants to speed up troop hike

By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer 45 minutes ago

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The Army's new chief of staff says he wants to accelerate by two years a plan to increase the nation's active-duty soldiers by 65,000.

The Army has set 2012 as its target date for a force expansion to 547,000 troops, but Gen. George Casey said Saturday that he has told his staff to have the soldiers ready earlier.

"I said that's too long. Go back and tell me what it would take to get it done faster," he said in an interview with The Associated Press during a stop in Hawaii.

more... (war) more... (war)

[Lobster Martini]

1. Well, there's one alternative...

Might try getting them killed at a slower pace. Don't think that alternative's on the table at the moment, though.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Put up more "Support America's Morticians" signs?

[catmandu57]

3. Draft

clean out the suburbs first, kill deferments, then we'll see how much longer this bs goes on.

[WillyT]

4. Yeah... I'm Starting To Feel A Draft Too !!!

Getting downright breezy.

:shrug: