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Old 11-21-2006, 07:50 AM   #1
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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.
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Old 12-01-2006, 08:25 AM   #2
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...1,200,000 troops in total.
There are currently about 130,000 troops in Iraq.

If you want to do a little math, there's your starting points.
What is our current tail to tooth ratio? At 10 : 1 we'd already be over-committed.
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