Posted on May 24, 2018
Pentagon takes down troop numbers in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan: Report
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With all the news about the NFL's new rule regarding the National Anthem, I was curious about how many troops we had deployed overseas in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria right now. However, when I googled it, I found this.
Historically, the national anthem became a standard part of the baseball and football program around 1941-1942 when the United States entered World War II. I've found it concerning for a while that life seems to have gone on normally here at home while soldiers were laying their lives down overseas, that there was no evidence that we were at war.
However, this is particularly troubling -- that we now have no idea how many troops are deployed.
Historically, the national anthem became a standard part of the baseball and football program around 1941-1942 when the United States entered World War II. I've found it concerning for a while that life seems to have gone on normally here at home while soldiers were laying their lives down overseas, that there was no evidence that we were at war.
However, this is particularly troubling -- that we now have no idea how many troops are deployed.
Pentagon takes down troop numbers in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan: Report
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Foreign Policy
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Iraq
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The perspective of the military fighting on behalf of the country is changing to the military is just a dangerous job.
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No one but the Pentagon, the White House, and Congress really have any business knowing in my opinion. If you put that information out there for every Tom, Dick, and Harry to see, then every Ivan, Mohammad, and Zhang can see it too which puts us at a disadvantage.
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I don't think secrecy is a legitimate reason. George W. Bush and all other U.S. Presidents disclosed those stats. This is an excuse to sidestep public scrutiny.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/analysis-wont-trump-discuss-troop-numbers
Irrespective of the mission, servicemembers lives should only be put at risk when there is broad support. War is a shared responsibility. The public should be making sacrifices too. And, if they're unable or unwilling to do so because they don't think it's important, then why are servicemembers there?
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/analysis-wont-trump-discuss-troop-numbers
Irrespective of the mission, servicemembers lives should only be put at risk when there is broad support. War is a shared responsibility. The public should be making sacrifices too. And, if they're unable or unwilling to do so because they don't think it's important, then why are servicemembers there?
Analysis: Why Won't Trump Discuss Troop Numbers?
In a speech to the nation on Aug. 21, President Donald Trump issued a clarion call on Afghanistan, effectively asking Americans to indefinitely extend their longest war at untold additional cost in lives and money. But he declined to say how many of America’s sons and daughters he plans to deploy there.Trump did not quantify the military deployment even though it has been widely reported that he has already authorized the Pentagon to augment...
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