From the Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0416/p01s01-usmi.html
With America's all-volunteer military facing its longest sustained combat ever, US commanders are raising the question: How far can these troops be pushed?
Some US troops now in Iraq, including marines fighting in the volatile city of Fallujah, are already on their second tour during this war. And soldiers from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division who fought their way to Baghdad a year ago are scheduled to head back within months.
Finally, there are soldiers like Sgt. Bryce Syverson, a Bradley gunner with the 1st Armored Division, who arrived in Kuwait on his way home at the end of a year-long tour - only to be yanked back to Baghdad last week along with 20,000 other soldiers abruptly ordered to stay on there.
"Hey Mom and Dad, as you know I am back in this [expletive] hole," Sergeant Syverson wrote from Baghdad, as his unit prepared to head south to put down rebellious Shiite militia. "Sounds like there will be some shootouts with the bad guys," he said, adding, "I just hope that we are the good guys."
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The Pentagon's abrupt decision to bolster US forces in Iraq by tens of thousands to 135,000 - rather than drawing down to 110,000 in May as planned - is deepening concerns about how far to stretch America's already overextended all-volunteer military and its readiness to address other global contingencies.
The Fucktard in the White House certainly has things under control....
Man...Nov. can't come quick enough!!!!