We never had 150,000 troops in Afghanistan. "Neither attention nor manpower was diverted from Afghanistan to Iraq. When we started Operation Iraqi Freedom we had about 9,500 troops in Afghanistan, and by the time we finished major combat operations in Iraq last May we had more than 10,000 troops in Afghanistan," Franks wrote.
On 7/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > If you were following along you'd know that whenever Gruss uses > > numbers they're usually made up or he overheard them somewhere. > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-03-28-troop-shifts_x.htm > > > 10% of 150,000 = 15, 000 troops, meaning 90% depleted > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/29/world/main620306.shtml > > A general also talked specifically about the special forces draw down > and loss of resources on Hardball, but I don't have time to find it. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162682 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
