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Um, Ty, Tommy Franks Disagrees with You
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
(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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According to Matthew Yglesias, who appears to be describing Franks' book, Franks wanted ~250,000 troops for the occupation, or about double what he got:
- Franks envisioned a force of somewhere near 250,000 thousand troops with reductions "tied to effective governance by Iraqis." At no point have we seen effective governance by Iraqis, but we haven't been anywhere near 250,000 troops since the end of "major combat operations."
This is not what I saw last week, which was a quotation of Franks' book, but it is to the same effect.
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