{"id":26418,"date":"2011-09-07T07:27:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T11:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=26418"},"modified":"2011-09-07T07:27:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T11:27:49","slug":"troops-in-iraq-reduction-to-insignificant-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26418","title":{"rendered":"Troops in Iraq reduction to insignificant presence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> broke the story yesterday that the Obama Administration intends to reduce US troop presence in Iraq to a paltry 3,000 pacs.<\/p>\n

Senior commanders are said to be livid at the decision, which has already been signed off by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.<\/p>\n

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\n Sources: Obama Administration to Drop Troop Levels in Iraq to 3,000<\/p>\n

Panetta, touring sites Tuesday in advance of the Sept. 11 10th commemoration, insisted “no decision has been made” on the number of troops to stay in Iraq. <\/p>\n

“That obviously will be the subject of negotiations with the Iraqis and as a result of those negotiations. As I said no decision has been made of what the number will be,” he said.<\/p>\n

Currently, about 45,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Iraq.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Commanders asked to keep 10,000 in Iraq, but again the administration has gone it’s own way, like in the debate over the recovery…the difference is that when this administration makes mistakes in Iraq, it’ll cost lives. I doubt 3,000 personnel in Iraq will even be able to defend themselves. <\/p>\n

If it takes 7 people to support one trigger-puller, that leaves less than 500 infantrymen in Iraq. With the resurgence of the Mahdi Army and the continued presence of al Qaeda in Iraq, how will 500 people defend themselves and their support people in Iraq let alone be able to focus on the continuing, main mission?<\/p>\n

Let’s start reducing White House and Congressional staff instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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