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To: MrLucky who wrote (75706)	10/8/2004 9:30:49 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793917

the number of people in the military would not be an issue if clinton has not downsized so extensively to balance his budget. Thank you for the reminder. Clinton cut the active duty strength of the Army, Air Force and Navy by 35-39%. He cut the USMC approx 10%. These cuts included personnel, ships, airplanes, tanks, trucks, weapons and all the other equipment. That was not enough. At the same time, he chopped our intelligence agencies by an equal amount. He also banned our most sensitive and productive Human Intelligence gathering techniques. We had to pull or fire thousands of agents who had penetrated deeply into our most serious enemies' military and political apparatus. John Kerry was a prime mover getting those bills through the senate. Little John John was still sucking his thumb in those days. uw

To: MrLucky who wrote (75706)	10/8/2004 9:45:24 AM
From: abstract	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 793917

Doublespeak Are you opposed to a balanced budget? Do you like the deficit we have now? Yes Clinton shrunk the military. Before September 2001 how many new soldiers were conscripted/enlisted to rectify the "shortfall" generated by Clinton? And when accused of not having sufficient forces what did Rumsfeld say? Painting with broad strokes has left gaps in your coverage.

To: MrLucky who wrote (75706)	10/8/2004 9:51:18 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

>>the number of people in the military would not be an issue if clinton has not downsized so extensively to balance his budget. According to Rumsfeld, it's not an issue now. You may recall that the primary reason we had trouble getting sufficient troops into Iraq in the beginning was that we expected Turkey to allow us to bring troops in from the north, and this was rejected at the last millisecond after much dithering. So they had to be brought in from the south, and that was a bottleneck.