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jeff house
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posted 01 February 2007 01:52 PM      Profile for jeff house     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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A analysis released today by the Congressional Budget Office shows that the administration, in its public comments, has vastly underestimated the actual number of extra troops that will be deployed to Iraq under the president's "surge" plan.

The administration's estimate of approximately 21,000 extra troops only counts combat units, according to the analysis, and because combat units require support forces, the actual number of additional troops who will be in Iraq will likely exceed 35,000.


http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002457.php


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quelar
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posted 01 February 2007 02:03 PM      Profile for quelar     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
So the way I heard it was, it's actually an 80,000 troop surge, but the numbers game is that they're only bringing an extra 20,000 in a year, but retaining far higher numbers. So the numbers will quickly swell by 80, but the 20K was the net new number for next year.

It's all a shell game anyway, they're going to need those troops for Iran soon.


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Village Idiot
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posted 01 February 2007 04:34 PM      Profile for Village Idiot   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Surging right on into Iran, I bet.
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remind
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posted 01 February 2007 07:48 PM      Profile for remind     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by quelar:
...need those troops for Iran


Moved this post to here

[ 01 February 2007: Message edited by: remind ]


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billF
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posted 02 February 2007 12:25 PM      Profile for billF     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Is it just me, or does this smell fishy? I notice as well an aircraft carrier full of long range fighter jets and cruise missiles as well as a big pile of patriot missiles. Patriots are used for intercepting incoming intermediate range missiles.

I haven’t noticed any insurgents with big intermediate range missiles, and I’m fairly sure cruise missiles would be really hard on the population during urban combat….


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West Coast Greeny
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posted 02 February 2007 12:33 PM      Profile for West Coast Greeny     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Village Idiot:
Surging right on into Iran, I bet.

They'd wind up surged straight out of the Middle East if that were to happen.


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