U.S. sends troops back to Iraq to maintain 'surge'

Source: Reuters

U.S. sends troops back to Iraq to maintain "surge"

By Kristin Roberts
39 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday it will send another 9,000 U.S.
troops to Iraq, with about half of them returning to combat ahead of schedule, in order to
maintain troop levels in its new security crackdown through at least August.

Two of the affected Army units, totaling about 4,500 troops, will return to combat short
of their promised year at home, reflecting the strain placed on U.S. forces by commitments
in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"What you're seeing here today reflects a decision that will carry the level of effort ...
through August '07," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.

One unit will deploy 81 days short of the year-long "dwell time" at home and the second will
return 47 days short of a year, Whitman said.

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If the surge is working, why are they sending more? If it is not working, why are they sending more?

only to be sent back within 10 months of their last iraq deployment, now having to sell the nice car so it won't rot away on base, be towed, or become an inconvenience for the family should the soldier not make it back alive.

They haven't really "lost" yet, they still have more chips.
Too bad Bush**'s "chips" are living, breathing soldiers, it's all the same to him.