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Um, Ty, Tommy Franks Disagrees with You
(1) I was talking about troops for the post-war, not for the fighting.
(2) I read last week that senior generals wanted something like 250,000 troops,* and that the smaller number came from civilians at the top of DoD. If I get bored, perhaps I'll try to find the story.
* eta/stp: Not Shinseki -- he testified that even more would be needed, as I recall.
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 08-16-2004 at 06:17 PM..
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