Politics > Politics-USA > Myers: Possibility of third Iraq tours for active-duty troops 'always out there'
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From Stars and Stripes, 8/10/05:
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30855
Myers: Possibility of third Iraq tours for active-duty troops 'always
out there'
By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
ARLINGTON, Va. --
The U.S. military is "good for several years" if the current troop
level in Iraq must be sustained, but third tours for active-duty
servicemembers might be needed, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday.
And the Defense Department is adhering to the prohibition on placing
reservists on active status for longer than 24 months, Myers told
Pentagon reporters during a news conference that included Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
However, "there’s the possibility of people going back for a third
term, sure," Myers said.
"That’s always out there. We are at war."
Rumsfeld, meanwhile, scoffed at reports that many are already on their
third tour.
"There’s always a risk when people grab into the middle of something,
take the worst of what might be, and then wave it around as though
it’s reality," Rumsfeld said.
In fact, different services have different policies concerning
deployment lengths, the secretary said.
"So when you start hearing rumors about people on their third tours or
fourth tours, you start checking into it, and looking at what you got,
you’re going to have people who may be in the Air Force who’ve gone
back in on three-month tours, or you may have people who’ve
volunteered [to return] because that’s what they want to do," Rumsfeld
said.
In response to a USA Today story Monday about a Marine Corps colonel
in Iraq who said he repeatedly asked for 1,000 more Marines, Rumsfeld
said such a request was not an indication that there are too few U.S.
troops in Iraq.
"The idea -- that because somebody wishes they had more [troops] at a
certain moment suggests the total number is wrong is a non sequitur,
obviously a non sequitur," Rumsfeld said.
"There’s 137,500 U.S. forces and a good slug of coalition forces, and
how they are parceled out and allocated within the country of Iraq is
for Gen. [George] Casey and Gen. J.R. Vines to determine," Rumsfeld
said.
Myers, meanwhile, said that "more troops are needed, and they are
being provided by the Iraqis. There’s 178,000-plus of them."
Neither Myers nor Rumsfeld replied directly to a question about how
many Iraqi security forces are actually able to operate independent of
coalition forces, a query the defense secretary dismissed as "not a
useful construct."
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http://cbsnews.cbs.com/stories/2003/12/02/world/main586352.shtml
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always
interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns, there
are things we know we know," Rumsfeld said.
"We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there
are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns --
the ones we don't know we don't know."
That should clear it up for ya.
Harry
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10 Aug 2005 11:24:30 AM |
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"*Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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From Stars and Stripes, 8/10/05:
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30855
Myers: Possibility of third Iraq tours for active-duty troops 'always
out there'
By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
ARLINGTON, Va. --
The U.S. military is "good for several years" if the current troop
level in Iraq must be sustained, but third tours for active-duty
servicemembers might be needed, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday.
And the Defense Department is adhering to the prohibition on placing
reservists on active status for longer than 24 months, Myers told
Pentagon reporters during a news conference that included Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
However, "there's the possibility of people going back for a third
term, sure," Myers said.
"That's always out there. We are at war."
Rumsfeld, meanwhile, scoffed at reports that many are already on their
third tour.
"There's always a risk when people grab into the middle of something,
take the worst of what might be, and then wave it around as though
it's reality," Rumsfeld said.
lol What the hell does that even MEAN???
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