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Undertoad · 11-21-2006, 07:50 AM

Including the Army, National Guard, Reserve, and Marines, there are about 1,200,000 troops in total. A lower number can be made available at any given time and the country has other responsibilities to face, as well as the overall strategy of being capable of fighting two wars at the same time.

There are currently about 130,000 troops in Iraq.

If you want to do a little math, there's your starting points.

11-21-2006, 07:50 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Including the Army, National Guard, Reserve, and Marines, there are about 1,200,000 troops in total. A lower number can be made available at any given time and the country has other responsibilities to face, as well as the overall strategy of being capable of fighting two wars at the same time. There are currently about 130,000 troops in Iraq. If you want to do a little math, there's your starting points.