Reply #7: Alright, you can come back into the treehouse [View All]

[jmcgowanjm]

but you gotta have money, a military, and
don't ask us for oil.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Any permanent reduction in the number
of U.S. troops in Iraq isn't likely until sometime between
2006 and 2008, a top Army general said
Thursday.

The insurgency has forced the United States to keep
a semi-permanent force of 138,000 troops, or 17 brigades,
in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion two years ago. They
are primarily Army soldiers and Marines, members of units
who stay in Iraq for a year before going
home.

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/03/18/national/a02031805_05.txt