{"id":1414,"date":"2003-03-27T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-28T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2003-03-27T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-28T02:32:00","slug":"usuk-troop-numbers-doubling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2003\/03\/27\/22\/32\/usuk-troop-numbers-doubling\/","title":{"rendered":"US\/UK Troop Numbers Doubling"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it’s nice to see bald-faced<\/a> confirmation of that Russian military intelligence analysis<\/a> from a few days ago:
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US military chiefs confirmed plans to double their forces on the ground to more than 200,000 next month. The US is sending another 100,000 troops to the region by the end of April. They will include the 4th Infantry Division from Texas, the 1st Armoured Division from Germany and the 2nd Armoured Cavalry Regiment from Colorado.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>This reminds me more and more of Vietnam, when the original troop numbers were doubled from 150K to 300K, and then increased in 100K “installments” every six months or so. Eventually, when the Pentagon asked for 750K the politicians realised something was amiss and put a stop to the senseless escalation. A cynic might suppose that by then the draft was beginning to claim too many middle-class kids — sons of politicians and their friends — and so Something Had To Be Done.<\/p>\n

Earlier here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So it’s nice to see bald-faced confirmation of that Russian military intelligence analysis from a few days ago: US military chiefs confirmed plans to double their forces on the ground to more than 200,000...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t