Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Surge, just another way to love them some troops
And Our Dear Embattled Leader and his minions are showing a concern for the troops that that rivals that of British Field Marshall Douglas Haig. To prepare for the "Surge" ODEL is cutting their training.
Rushed by President Bush's decision to reinforce Baghdad with thousands more U.S. troops, two Army combat brigades are skipping their usual session at the Army's premier training range in California and instead are making final preparations at their home bases.They will be as ready as trained troops. And no doubt they will be bullet-proof thanks to the excellent prayers of the Bushovik approved sky-pilots.
Some in Congress and others outside the Army are beginning to question the switch, which is not widely known. They wonder whether it means the Army is cutting corners in preparing soldiers for combat, since they are forgoing training in a desert setting that was designed specially to prepare them for the challenges of Iraq.
Army officials say the two brigades will be as ready as any others that deploy to Iraq, even though they will not have the benefit of training in counterinsurgency tactics at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., which has been outfitted to simulate conditions in Iraq for units that are heading there on year-long tours.
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