Politics: On Off Message
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, who is apparently a committed realist and therefore unfit for service under President Bush, told Congress members yesterday a particularly hard chunk of truth: We're going to need "several hundred thousands" troops to hold, defend and rebuild Iraq after the war.
Of course, nobody in a suit (as opposed to a uniform) believes this is true. Sunshine-y estimates from Rummy and the gang don't believe that it would take more troops than the number currently toasting their toes in the Persian Gulf. After all, look at the great job we're doing in Afghanistan a year and a half after the first bombs started falling.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, who is apparently a committed realist and therefore unfit for service under President Bush, told Congress members yesterday a particularly hard chunk of truth: We're going to need "several hundred thousands" troops to hold, defend and rebuild Iraq after the war.
Of course, nobody in a suit (as opposed to a uniform) believes this is true. Sunshine-y estimates from Rummy and the gang don't believe that it would take more troops than the number currently toasting their toes in the Persian Gulf. After all, look at the great job we're doing in Afghanistan a year and a half after the first bombs started falling.
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