Thursday, January 11, 2007

The source

With the Pentagon saying that it can only scrape up about 20,000 more troops for Iraq, the AP gives us one of their sources.
The day after President Bush announced his plan for a deeper U.S. military commitment in Iraq, Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters the change in reserve policy would have been made anyway because active-duty troops already were getting too little time between their combat tours....Until now, the Pentagon's policy on the Guard or Reserve was that members' cumulative time on active duty for the Iraq or Afghan wars could not exceed 24 months. That cumulative limit is now lifted; the remaining limit is on the length of any single mobilization, which may not exceed 24 consecutive months, Pace said.
So having robbed all it can from Peter, the Pentagon will now rob Paul to pay Paul.

Great legacy you got there Georgie Boy!

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