Not ready for duty:
As President Bush weighs new strategies for Iraq, the Army's top general warned Thursday that his force "will break" without thousands more active duty troops and greater use of the reserves.
Noting the strain put on the force by operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the global war on terrorism, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker said he wants to grow his half-million-member Army beyond the 30,000 troops already added in recent years.
Though he didn't give an exact number, he said it would take significant time and commitment by the nation, noting some 6,000 to 7,000 soldiers could be added per year.
Officials also need greater authority to tap into the National Guard and Reserve, long ago set up as a strategic reserve but now needed as an integral part of the nation's deployed forces, Schoomaker told a commission studying possible changes in those two forces.
So...where are they going to get the extra troops? It's not like Jenna...or not-Jenna...has demonstrated any inclination to volunteer.
Then again, Team Bush economic policy might do the trick...
And tapping into the Guard and Reserves means more repeat performances of the post-Katrina, post-flood debacle, as critical disaster response teams get called upon...to respond to Shrub's disaster in Iraq. Geez.
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