U.S. Loses 7,000 Troops In Iraq
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
It’s hard to make any plans for getting out of Iraq — or any plans for anything, ever — when the freakin’ Department of Defense has no idea how many American troops are in Iraq:
The precise number of U.S. troops is murky. [General John] Abizaid today it was over 140,000. His staff later said it was closer to 142,000. Colonel Nelson McCouch, spokesman for [General George] Casey, said in an e-mail from Baghdad Sept. 17 that the current level is about 147,000.
How do you misplace 7,000 (presumably living) troops? Are they home in America? Did they go AWOL? Abducted by aliens? Don’t you people have a spreadsheet or something? MORE »
It’s hard to make any plans for getting out of Iraq — or any plans for anything, ever — when the freakin’ Department of Defense has no idea how many American troops are in Iraq:
The precise number of U.S. troops is murky. [General John] Abizaid today it was over 140,000. His staff later said it was closer to 142,000. Colonel Nelson McCouch, spokesman for [General George] Casey, said in an e-mail from Baghdad Sept. 17 that the current level is about 147,000.
How do you misplace 7,000 (presumably living) troops? Are they home in America? Did they go AWOL? Abducted by aliens? Don’t you people have a spreadsheet or something? MORE »