U.S. to Send 700 More Soldiers to Iraq

:shrug:

"BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIIMPANZEE


AS HE PICKED FLEAS OFF HIS ASS

Bush was advised to maintain an occupation force of at least 500,000 troops, but he fired the general who had the audacity to suggest common-sense.

would have died.

In 1968 with over half a million troops in Vietnam General Westmoreland ask President Johnson for 200,000 more troops. He was advised by a small study group in the Pentagon not to escalate the war. The reason would be more U.S. casualties and more taxes would be needed.
Johnson refused Westmoreland's request.

More troops in, more dead troops out.

CBS) March was supposed to be the month when the U.S. commander in Iraq made a recommendation to pull more troops out of Iraq. Instead, he has asked for more troops to be sent in.
With 133,000 American troops already in Iraq, an armored battalion of about 700 soldiers kept on standby in Kuwait is beginning to move north toward Baghdad. U.S. officials say Gen. George Casey asked for more troops because of a convergence of events, and danger, surrounding the third anniversary of the American invasion.


http://www.cbs11tv.com/national/topstories_story_073191837.html

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and called for backup

Well, McCain is certainly now casting a larger influence over the White House and this is just one more victory for McCain.

As much as George W. distrusts McCain and Cheney and the neocons may be leery about him, they now need him.

McCain's ass kissing of GWB at the Republican gathering in Memphis last week is still another clue that McCain is working his butt off to earn the VP slot when Cheney resigns with a full pardon.

http://wcco.com/local/local_story_045165757.html
Camp Shelby Plans Sendoff For Minnesota Brigade

AP) Jackson, Miss. Graduation day is rapidly approaching for thousands of Iraq-bound troops from Minnesota, and military trainers at Camp Shelby are already preparing for their next class of soldiers from more than a dozen states.

The 4,000 member 34th Brigade Combat Team, made up primarily of Minnesota National Guard soldiers, is at Fort Polk in Louisiana now but will return to Camp Shelby for a send off ceremony in March before heading to Iraq.

Camp Shelby, an expansive, 136,000-acre National Guard base south of Hattiesburg, has served a pivotal role training soldiers for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The deployment will be the largest overseas mobilization since World War II for both Oregon and Minnesota, officials said.

Well, I'm sure it will all be explained soon. No need to accuse the President of lying or holding him to his word or anything. The faithful media troops will soon march forth and cover Chimpy's exposed ass once again so they can keep getting invited to all those swell cocktail parties.