Pentagon Drafts Iraq Troop Plan to Meet Violence (NYT Pg 1)

[Merlin]

Very interesting invocation of the term "Draft" in the headline.)

WASHINGTON, April 20 — The Pentagon has drawn up plans to send fresh troops quickly to Iraq in case it decides it must keep 135,000 or more American soldiers deployed beyond July, senior officials said Tuesday.

The Pentagon's contingency plans for summer, fall and beyond were driven partly by the lack of new foreign troops and the unexpected difficulties of training Iraqi forces. President Bush and his political aides had hoped to be drawing down American forces before the November elections, which now seems far less likely.

While American commanders in Iraq have not asked for more troops, the Pentagon's detailed planning, disclosed by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his senior military and civilian aides, is the strongest indication that the recent decision to delay for 90 days the return of 20,000 troops at a time of intense fighting might not be the temporary measure officials had described.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/21/politics/21MILI.html

[RoyGBiv]

1. No requests for troop?

"While American commanders in Iraq have not asked for more troops..."

Did I just hallucinate that whole thing about the request for additional troops?

[grytpype]

2. Yes. Yes, you did.

[RoyGBiv]

4. :drool: :nod:

It's all so clear now....

:crazy:

[daleo]

3. Today they are drafting a plan

Tomorrow they will be planning a draft.

[saigon68]

5. Some have said this since CHIMPANZEE started the Cluster Fuck

Its only a mater of time before the Draft. Then armed with a Captive Army our NeoCon rulers will get rid of Syria, Iran, North Korea.

The only thing stopping them to this point is a lack of troops.

[dusty64]

6. My local rag

had a headline this morning screaming "Iran Could Have Atom Bomb Soon" according to American and Israeli intelligences. Hmmm, I've done numerous web searches including their homepage and can find nothing. Wonder why.