re: #324 albusteve

1200 agents is a drop in the bucket and just like his 30k troops into Afghanistan last summer, it’s a political move that has nothing to do with securing the border, or winning the fight in Afghanistan…if BO actually believes that it does, then he is more ignorant than I previously thought…it’s all fluff and people are dying

30,000 was pretty much all the army could stand to deploy at the time.

I have a dear friend who’s brother went many tours in Iraq and has now done several more in Afghanistan with no end in sight. There is not limitless man power.
The draw down in Iraq will give some units time to recoup - but most are bieng ploughed straight into afghanistan now.