Reply #189: Pentagon spending "isn't an issue"?!! Yup, it is. [View All]

[JohnOneillsMemory]

audio link from 4/6/05 HASC:
http://hasc3.house.gov/04-06-05FullComm.asf

1:56:30 Clark describes needing to "read the oil guage" to see if the insurgency is coming back up.

This is his only mention of the word OIL in regard to this oil war in an oil-rich region.

1:58:00 When asked what an adequate troop level would look like, he describes needing another 90,000 troops in the army alone and then reminds that the 1996 plan for Total Spectrum Dominance must still be "resourced" with all kinds of weapon systems.

Clark also suggests that some troops need to be freed up eventually for other 'activities' in the region as it heats up. Oh boy.