Bush ponders £10bn New Deal to create jobs in Iraq

The Sunday Times ^ | December 24, 2006 | Sarah Baxter

[jwalsh07]

No offense here but you don't seem to grasp the fact that the Regular Army has about 40 active combat brigades. We currently have about 12 to 13 deployed. 10 in Iraq, 1 or 2 in Afghanistan and 1 in South Korea. That leaves 27 brigades not deployed.

Of course that's not enough troops to rotate tours on a one year deployed, one year regrouping and one year training basis. We need5 more divisions to accomplish that.

The NG also has about 35 brigades with I think, 4 deployed in Iraq.

All of the above brigades are, of course, equipped and trained. Some less so than others but the RA guys are good to go except that they are being deployed every other year. Tough on the grunts. Yes, grunts.

That doesn't take into account the Marine Corps and their 180,000 Marines.

This is nothing new amigo. Troop strength surged every time Iraq had an election.

[donmeaker]

Same old drill as usual....


When money isn't pumped in, people will work, or starve.

[4Freedom]

"Come on now, we've got to get to a trillion here guys. It's not a truly wasteful government endeavor until it comes in at least 10-15 times over the original sold cost."

Their currency isn't worth squat at this time, but watch. The U.S. Taxpayers are being taken to the cleaners to make the New Iraqi Dinar more valuable than our dollar, again.

Go buy a few million like I did. This is one of those few times in History where we'll be able to laugh all the way to the bank with our con-artist politicians.