GOP debate/John McCain said we don't have enough troops agree?

Question

He wanted 600,000 troops sent in to Iraq. Where will he get them?

Answer 1

I agree we had over 500,000 in Nam and its high time for the draft again

Answer 2

I have no idea where he's going to get that many troops. They could raise the incentives and / or pay to join the military in attempt to recruit more soldiers, but they wouldn't be combat ready anytime soon.

I think he's right though: the only way to deal with that insurgency now is to blanket the country in the troops to prevent their movement. If we had troops stationed everywhere an IED could be planted, what would the enemy do?

Answer 3

For Iraq we do. For a world war, or major war with Iran, Russia, North Korea, China, or defending our own country from an invasion, no we don't. We can thank Clintoon and the democrats for that. They loved closing bases in the 90's by the hundreds, and downsizing our military. They still maintain a platform of not caring about the military size or strength and it's scary. We have never recovered those losses.

Answer 4

hell yeah,

man, you know how many troops we had during WW2, 17 million.... so for every troop in iraq we had 80 in ww2....

If we really need them, i think enough ppl will go sign up, and if not... well, we all had to sign that selective service slip when we turned 18 now didn´t we?

Answer 5

It's what has been needed all along. A show of force seems to be the only language the Iraqi militants relate to.

Answer 6

There are some that have yet to be deployed. There are also many who will get their tour extended. That was a dumb move on his part.

Answer 7

not for world domination"