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Originally Posted by astralis
i wonder how possible it is to increase the number of troops in the region- as it is, the army is rather stretched already. i'm pretty sure it would mean a return to 15 month deployments, which bush just got rid of (past aug 2008, IIRC).
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most things are
possible, the greater issue is whether they are sustainable for long enough to work.
i have no doubt that the US
could put an extra 100,000 troops in the field by adopting a 'we are at war and you'll stay there until its finished' doctrine (as well as binnng other deployments and hoping that nothing else crops up), the problem that will arise however is whether the people who are currently joining the US Army knowing that they will spend a year in Iraq every three years or so would continue to do so knowing that they might spend the next five years in Iraq.
if you have a volunteer army there is a limit to how hard you can push it, and no amount of cash or political will can stretch that limit.