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About: "there has never been an option before me that called for troop deployments before 2010"
What does that mean? Does it mean McChrystal didn't rudely insert a deadline,
in his request? Or what? I don't get it.
About: "there has never been an option before me that called for troop deployments before 2010"
What does that mean? Does it mean McChrystal didn't rudely insert a deadline,
in his request? Or what? I don't get it.
It means that McChrystal's proposal did not contemplate that any additional troops would arrive before 2010. Therefore, the time Obama took to make his decision did not delay McChrystal's proposed time line.
It means that McChrystal's proposal did not contemplate that any additional troops would arrive before 2010. Therefore, the time Obama took to make his decision did not delay McChrystal's proposed time line.
On the other hand, McChrystal's predecessor had a request for additional troops languishing on Bush's desk for six months before Obama took office and immediately filled it. Bush/Cheney had arguably been dithering in Afghanistan for years.
On the other hand, McChrystal's predecessor had a request for additional troops languishing on Bush's desk for six months before Obama took office and immediately filled it. Bush/Cheney had arguably been dithering in Afghanistan for years.
It's not just that McChrystal's request didn't require new troops to be deployed until 2010. There is also the fact that of the just over 56,000 troops who will be available for deployment by the end of December, most would not have been deployable earlier. For much of late summer and autumn, the aftereffects of the Iraq surge, and the early deployment of additional forces to Afghanistan, left the United States with almost no reserve of deployable brigades. We can spend money we don't have, but we cannot deploy men we don't have.
It's not just that McChrystal's request didn't require new troops to be deployed until 2010. There is also the fact that of the just over 56,000 troops who will be available for deployment by the end of December, most would not have been deployable earlier. For much of late summer and autumn, the aftereffects of the Iraq surge, and the early deployment of additional forces to Afghanistan, left the United States with almost no reserve of deployable brigades. We can spend money we don't have, but we cannot deploy men we don't have.