[Tulsa Ramjet]

Then if we are not going to have a draft, we need a greater troop capability to handle the two war front, which costs money. Why doesn’t Bush ask for it? Do you think we have enough troops? Standby for my answer.

[PeteB570]

I had nothing in my post about what I thought about end strength for troops.

You imply something I did not.

Since you did ask, I do not feel that combat arms strength is where it should be. Congress should have been more aggressive on funding increases to our military numbers since 9/11. Right now its in little spurts here and there.

To grow a fighting unit takes time. Funding a Division’s worth of troops takes 1) Funding 2) Pulling the leadership and cadre from other units thereby weakening them 3) Bringing in the privates and staffs 4) Training the individual tasks and then 5) Training the collective tasks. It takes time, time we’ve been wasting since 9/11.

Me? I’d like 4 more Mec Divisions and two or three SF Groups - but what do I know about such things?