Wednesday, September 24, 2003
More reservists for the qWagmire
Robert Burns of AP writes:
No, it isn't, is it?
Funny thing—diplomacy and multilateralism save American lives.
Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said more reservists could be called upon if other countries do not soon pledge thousands more troops to form a third multinational division in Iraq.
When it announced a troop rotation plan in July, the Pentagon assumed that it would have available a third multinational division of 10,000 to 15,000 troops to replace the Army's 101st Airborne Division early next year.
"There are many countries out there talking about it, and we have every hope that that will happen," [Pace] said, "but hope is not a plan."
No, it isn't, is it?
Funny thing—diplomacy and multilateralism save American lives.
