WASHINGTON, June 27, 2008
30,000 Troops Headed For Iraq In 2009
Pentagon To Order Move That Would Keep 15 Combat Brigades In Iraq Through 2009
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The deployments would replace troops currently there. But the decisions could change depending on whether Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, decides in the fall to further reduce troop levels in Iraq.
Several officials familiar with the deployments spoke on condition of anonymity because the orders have not yet been made public.
According to the officials, three active-duty Army brigade combat teams, one Army National Guard brigade and two Marine regimental combat teams are being notified that they are being sent to Iraq in early 2009. Officials would not release the specific units involved because the soldiers and Marines and their families have not all been told.
The Guard unit, however, is the 56th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, from the Pennsylvania National Guard. Members of that unit - a large brigade with heavily armored Stryker vehicles - were told last October that they should be prepared to deploy to Iraq early in 2009. The order this week is the formal notice that includes a more specific time frame.
Currently, the final brigade involved in the military buildup in Baghdad last year is pulling out of Iraq. That departure will leave 15 combat brigades there - compared to a high of 20 for much of the past year. Other smaller units are also there, including troops doing security, logistics, air assaults, intelligence and medical aid.
Overall, there are about 146,000 forces in Iraq, and that number is expected to dip to about 142,000 by mid-July when that last unit is all out. That total is at least 7,000 more than the number of troops in Iraq before the buildup began early last year.
Petraeus told Congress in May that he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq, but he did not provide any details. If he decides in the fall that fewer brigades will be needed in Iraq during the next year, there is the chance that brigades could simply be directed to the war in Afghanistan instead.
There is a broad consensus that more troops are needed in Afghanistan, to both train the security forces and fight the insurgents. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Bush, earlier this year, told NATO allies that they would increase troop levels in Afghanistan in 2009 in response to the growing violence.
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"Pentagon To Order Move That Would Keep 15 Combat Brigades In Iraq Through 2009"
This is a decision that should be left for the next Commander in Chief! It is the ultimate in arrogance to assume decisions like this can be made when you will no longer be in power! Stunning announcement if you ask me and a slap in the face to the next President!
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Recently, Senator McCain has been very critical of President Bush%u2019s conduct of the Iraq War. However, McCain was one of the principal advocates for the war in the first place.
In 2002, McCain said "I believe that success will be fairly easy, and we are not going to get into house-to-house fighting%u2026We may have to take out buildings, but we are not going to have a blood-letting or trading American bodies for Iraqi bodies.%u201D
As a leading Republican Senator, John McCain could have impeded the Iraq war. Instead, John McCain and George Bush started an unnecessary war that caused the deaths of more than 4,000 American soldiers (including my cousin Mark) and wasted more than $1 Trillion.
My cousin was a reservist with a wife and three children. We have strained the military (especially the reserves) way too much. McCain%u2019s crew has spent too much. And too many people have died for their mistake in Iraq.
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