Originally Posted by C-D-P

No sir you did not. I asked how long the push was. Not how long the whole thing was.

Your earlier statement clearly differentiates between the push and the SASO ops we have been conducting.

Originally Posted by JP5

.....as promised.



3,500 U.S. troops to head home

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A "surge" brigade deployed to Iraq last year is heading back to the United States, the U.S. military said Monday.


U.S. and Iraqi soldiers walk away from a helicopter in a wheat field near Baghdad last week.

1 of 2 About 3,500 soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team will go back to Fort Benning, Georgia, over the next few weeks. It is the third surge brigade to leave Iraq, as planned, and two more are scheduled to leave by the end of July.

The U.S. troop increase in 2007, referred to as the surge, was designed to take on the insurgency in and around Baghdad and provide stability for Iraqi politicians to develop legislation and reach accommodation on key national issues.

"The continued drawdown of surge brigades demonstrates continued progress in Iraq," said Gen. Dan Allyn, chief of staff of Multi-National Corps - Iraq.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/...eref=rss_world

Originally Posted by CrusaderRabbit08

What's SASO?

Originally Posted by CrusaderRabbit08

What's SASO?

Originally Posted by C-D-P

What we are doing now.

Originally Posted by Herkdriver

Security and Stabilization Operations

Originally Posted by CrusaderRabbit08

A euphemism for "we're still at war folks".

We've been moping up for 5 years now and over 95% of our deaths have occurred during this time.

Originally Posted by CrusaderRabbit08

Then a push is a major combat operation since we had to increase troop levels to conduct it and Bush said major combat operation were over long ago.