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350,000 Troops May Be Needed

#1 Postby Anonymous » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:45 pm

While U.S. troops were honing their combat skills in Kuwait today, in North Carolina, Marines were shipping out, and in Texas, more reservists received their orders.
These snapshots of a military buildup may be just the start of what could end up involving more than 350,000 troops for a war and subsequent occupation of Iraq, ABCNEWS has learned. That is a far higher number than envisioned during preliminary planning.

Sources said the National Guard and reserve callup — 56,000 troops have already been mobilized — could also grow well beyond the 263,000 used in the Persian Gulf War more than a decade ago.

The number of troops, sources said, will depend at least in part on how successful the United States is during the early phases of any war — whether the Iraqis use chemical weapons and whether there is large-scale resistance in Iraq, especially by civilians.

"In every village, every city, every government in Iraq that we move forward into, we have to establish civil order," said ABCNEWS military analyst Tony Cordesman. "And if in any of these areas there is significant instability, we have to have people on the ground."

These additional U.S. troops are intended to keep the peace, to protect rear forces and to handle the huge job of pushing supplies to the front line, as American forces march deeper and deeper into Iraq. Officials said it is quite possible that the United States will be occupying part of Iraq — needing to feed millions of people and manage many cities — while still having to fight in other parts of the country.

Call for Patience

While the Bush administration focuses on the buildup and the Jan. 27 deadline for a U.N. report on Iraqi weapons, the rest of the world is urging patience.

America's closest ally, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, while saying Iraq may have to be disarmed by force, seemed to be asking for time today.

"Let the inspectors do their task," said Blair. "I don't think there's any point, as I say, in putting an arbitrary time scale on it. But Jan. 27 is an important date."

Sources said the Bush administration is preparing to take its case for war to the United Nations soon after Jan. 27 — no matter what U.N. weapons inspectors report.
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#2 Postby funster » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:34 pm

If only we had used this many troops from the start!!
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#3 Postby feederband » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:46 pm

in before lock
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#4 Postby funster » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:48 pm

feederband wrote:in before lock


Do you watch Caveman? I heard it was canceled.
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#5 Postby feederband » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:02 am

funster wrote:
feederband wrote:in before lock


Do you watch Caveman? I heard it was canceled.



No but I do like the look..
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#6 Postby Chacor » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:03 am

funster - please stop gravedigging old threads, also know that politics isn't allowed on s2k.
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#7 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:04 am

feederband wrote:
funster wrote:
feederband wrote:in before lock


Do you watch Caveman? I heard it was canceled.



No but I do like the look..



Only show I'm going to miss is "The Office".


And if they cancel the Oscars, well, more power to them...
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#8 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:05 am

Chacor wrote:funster - please stop gravedigging old threads, also know that politics isn't allowed on s2k.



If you'll note, one of the old threads he commented on was the one that says the politics forum is gone and we're to refrain from talking politics.



Logic and reading comprehension- not a strong suit.
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#9 Postby funster » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:06 am

Chacor wrote:funster - please stop gravedigging old threads, also know that politics isn't allowed on s2k.


ok! Please tell Ed to stop making fun of me.
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#10 Postby funster » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:07 am

Ed Mahmoud wrote:
Chacor wrote:funster - please stop gravedigging old threads, also know that politics isn't allowed on s2k.



If you'll note, one of the old threads he commented on was the one that says the politics forum is gone and we're to refrain from talking politics.



Logic and reading comprehension- not a strong suit.


I can read Ed. I see your mean words above. :-) I don't want to see the dumb Oscars either.
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Re: 350,000 Troops May Be Needed

#11 Postby Category 5 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:29 am

What was the point on digging up a thread from over 4 years ago?

Funster, I'd advice you to read the rules of the forums, and to be a little more polite. :wink:
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#12 Postby southerngale » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:04 am

Threads about our troops are allowed, however, this thread was obviously bumped up after 5 years to stir the pot. Thread locked.
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