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To: Bilow who wrote (49403)	10/4/2002 10:11:49 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hey Carl, Just for you, and related to connecting the dots. From the article by Greg Jaffe and Carla Anne Robbins in today's WSJ: Meanwhile, the continuing military buildup means that President Bush won't have to wait several months to bring in materiel to support a ground force in the region before he launches a military campaign, defense officials said. It also suggests that Mr. Bush isn't planning a large-scale invasion of Iraq using an earlier-estimated 250,000 ground troops, requiring a three-month buildup of materiel, but between 50,000 and 80,000 troops, instead. Earlier this week, for example, about 2,000 Marines and Navy sailors initiated ground and naval training exercises, dubbed "Eager Mace," with the military of Kuwait, which borders Iraq. Defense officials say it is likely that the Marines will leave some support equipment behind. In July, the U.S. Army moved a brigade's worth of heavy equipment to Kuwait from the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar to allow the Army to conduct larger, live-fire training exercises in the Kuwaiti desert. ... Nevertheless, the buildup, conducted largely under the cover of military exercises that have been going on for several months, will quietly proceed. "You'll continue to see little pieces move here and there," said one senior defense official. "If the decision is made to attack, there will be one big rush to close out what's missing. But it's going to take days and weeks, not months." Seems all those "routine" war games weren't so routine after all. And you can quit posting the reservist mobilization figures now. They're irrelevant.