Pentagon says Army "stretched to the breaking point".

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_breaking_point

WASHINGTON - Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a "thin green line" that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon.

Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer who wrote the report under a Pentagon contract, concluded that the Army cannot sustain the pace of troop deployments to Iraq long enough to break the back of the insurgency. He also suggested that the Pentagon's decision, announced in December, to begin reducing the force in Iraq this year was driven in part by a realization that the Army was overextended.

As evidence, Krepinevich points to the Army's 2005 recruiting slump — missing its recruiting goal for the first time since 1999 — and its decision to offer much bigger enlistment bonuses and other incentives.

He said he concluded that even Army leaders are not sure how much longer they can keep up the unusually high pace of combat tours in Iraq before they trigger an institutional crisis. Some major Army divisions are serving their second yearlong tours in Iraq, and some smaller units have served three times.

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The "world's mightiest military" seems to be having a bit of trouble in defeating a ragtag insurgency in a wrecked country. But, if we give it even more money and more troops....like we did in Vietnam.

[rodeodance]

1. but the troops have high moral-so Generals say--Forward.

[leftchick]

2. they said this a year ago

And Murtha said so three months ago. AmeriKKKa snoozes...:(

[chat_noir]

3. Andrew Krepinevich will be accused of working with bin Laden

Will Tweety be the first to accuse him?! :evilfrown:

[Tennessee T]

4. This is the REPUKE Plan

The REPUKES are this cynical.

They are playing a waiting game. If they can hold out long enough the troops will have to pull out of Iraq. Iraq will implode. Then the
Re-PUBIC-cons will blame the left wing for creating a mood in the country that caused the troops to be pulled out. We will be blamed no matter what happens.

:nuke: