http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/0...aqrest_070618/
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Instead, commanders are trying to give troops two to three days inside heavily fortified bases after about eight days in the field, said Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, chief aide to the ground forces commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno.
“We would never get the job done of securing [of Baghdad] if we went out for three months and came back” for one, Anderson said.
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He kinda has it backwards - you go IN for 3 and OUT for 1 - HOWEVER.....
"We would never get the job done?"
Yeah, like we're getting it done now!
Maybe if this "General" were to get back in the front lines and fight like generals in the past rather than sitting in his hotel with his personal staff then he'd get the idea.
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U.S. forces in Iraq spend more time in continuous combat without a break than those who fought in Vietnam and World War II, according to Army psychologists who studied troops in Iraq.
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So much for those who compare civilian deaths and casualties and rapes and murders to something that happens in every war - can't have it both ways.