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To: epicure who wrote (115792)	9/27/2003 5:46:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

res-The current total strength of the US military is 1.4 million on active duty and 1.2 million in the reserves. Currently, US forces are committed to 136 countries. The United States has 140,000 troops deployed in Iraq, 34,000 in Kuwait, 10,000 in Afghanistan and 5,000 in the Balkans. Then 37,000 troops are stationed in South Korea, serving as a small "tripwire" force. In this passage, the author neglected to mention the 42,000 troops in Germany.

To: epicure who wrote (115792)	9/27/2003 5:52:28 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

US: Leaner is not always meaner ... and the URL is: atimes.com (-:

To: epicure who wrote (115792)	9/27/2003 9:23:25 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<Currently, US forces are committed to 136 countries.> Amazing, because even that understates our Global Reach. <37,000 troops are stationed in South Korea, serving as...> ...hostages to a N. Korea nuclear or mass artillery attack. The level of inertia, in our force deployments, is amazing. Our troops in Germany are there, to defend against a threat that evaporated 13 years ago. I am probably displaying my ignorance of the military, but, with 2.6 million soldiers (1.4 million on active duty and 1.2 million in the reserves), why aren't there any more available for Iraq? Why are we "tapped out"? Even including support forces in the area, we've got substantially less than 10% of our total forces in Iraq today.