Speaking Of Cannon Fodder

Exchange at yesterday's Pentagon briefing:

Question:  So you're talking about having a troop level of approximately maybe 145,000 compared to what we have now?

 

Lt. Gen. Lance L. Smith:  That's difficult to say.  We've got about 138,000 right now, I think, and I think, you know, something in excess of that.  Whether it would be 145,000 or 141,000 or what I really can't tell you until we get final decisions on what we will be allowed to do.

Ah, the sweet, sweet smell of escalation.  That worked so well last time...

ntodd