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I think that this oveer steps the seperation of powers boundaries.

We really do not need more troops. This is an attempt by the Democrats to divert money from R & d and provurement programs.

The whole "stretched thin" business is just more electioneering.

"The whole "stretched thin" business is just more electioneering."

There are places in the world our forces should probably not be; e.g. wasn't Bosnia supposed to be a 6 months commitment?

But GIVEN our forces are deployed in so many places, they actually ARE stretched too thin; and it is not right for our nation to short-change the people wearing the boots on the ground, by expecting more of them than they can do with the resources they have . . .

"I think that this oveer steps the seperation of powers boundaries."

How on Earth did you figure that one? Congress has the power to make laws. Congress made a law. They didn't tell the Army to, "go here, do this", they simply ordered them to add more troops, and then gave them the funding to do so. Take a look at the War Powers Act if you want to see just how far away this is from breeching seperation.

"We really do not need more troops."

93 Senators, most of whom are Republicans, disagree with you. That being said, I'm sure you've got far more access to high level security briefings than they do. They're probably working off outdated information.(/Sarcasm)

"This is an attempt by the Democrats"

I must have fallen asleep and woken up in another universe - we have 93 Democrats in the Senate? We have a Democrat majority in the House? Incredible.

"The whole "stretched thin" business is just more electioneering."

I seriously doubt that the soldiers who've seen their tours extended multiple times and the soldiers who've seen their retirements snatched away would agree with you. We've been throwing whoever we've got into wherever they're needed most, and we've been extending tours for those who we're unable to replace. I'd say that's stretched pretty thin. Now, I'm the first to say we shouldn't be in about 80% of the countries we're currently in, but that doesn't mean that adding more troops until we decide to pull the others is a bad thing.

The whole "stretched thin" business is just more electioneering.

I talked to a guy recently who just got back from 9 months in Iraq. He was in the states for three months and had been told that he would then be heading to Afganistan for a 6 month tour. He's on a stop loss and can't get out when his enlistment ends. So when it comes to that then yeah, we're streached too thin.