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2004-10-21 Iraq-Jordan

Britain Agrees to Move Troops Nearer Baghdad

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Posted by Frank G 2004-10-21 10:35:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 to allow U.S. troops to tackle insurgents elsewhere.

some here have said the number of US troops is not a constraint. Hmmm?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-10-21 11:00:47 AM|| 2004-10-21 11:00:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 LH - I think this is an internal, short-term realignment to bring extremely heavy pressure to bear on one hot-spot: Fallujah. There won't be a need for the extra troops after the attack, but the US wants someone watching their backsides and adding moral support to the forces left behind in Baghdad. Remember, Patton sent three divisions rushing north out of France into Belgium to relieve Bastogne. He asked the Seventh Army to send some troops to fill in the hole he was leaving in the front lines. It worked, and a couple of weeks after the initial attack was crushed, everybody returned to where they were before. There's no need for EXTRA troops (which would take anywhere from days to weeks to get in-country and up to speed), because everything is expected to be over in a short time.

I hope it IS Fallujah, and I hope they leave nothing larger than sand grains when they finish.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-10-21 6:21:52 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-10-21 6:21:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 LH was knee-jerking, which is why I ignored it. You're spot-on, Mike

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-21 6:45:13 PM|| 2004-10-21 6:45:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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