Bremer: US Had Too Few Troops in Iraq
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The US civilian who formerly governed Iraq after the coalition invasion says the United States did not have enough troops there. Paul Bremer, administrator for the US-led occupation government until the handover
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Both Bush and Kerry say no. But with America tied down in Iraq, military officials say they may need more troops to win the war -- and the next one
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Members of the military and their families say the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq and put too much pressure on inadequately trained National Guard and reserve forces, according to a poll released Saturday.
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CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq -- The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, said yesterday it was too early to judge whether a Baghdad security crackdown was successful because the last of five extra brigades had yet to be deployed.
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US military staff and their families believe the United States sent too few troops into Iraq and put too great a burden on inexperienced National Guard and reserve forces, even though they support George W. Bush's overall handling of Iraq, a poll showed.
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Not being Bush, or being anyone but Bush, simply isn&#39;t enough to replace our commander in chief. Many Americans hoped some magical candidate would appear with better answers to ending the insurgent uprising
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The last time L. Paul Bremer testified before Congress, he was lauded as an American hero. Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) congratulated Bremer, who was leading the U.S. occupation authority in Iraq, for a "tremendous success." Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) commended his "energy and focus." Sen....
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The Bush campaign is conceding that President Bush&#39;s top civilian official in Iraq didn&#39;t agree with military commanders there, when it came to the question of how many US troops were needed.
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The US intervention in Iraq was hampered early on by a lack of adequate forces and efforts to contain looting after the ouster of Saddam Hussein, according to the former US administrator in Iraq.
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The Iraq war gave us Baghdad Bob, the Iraqi information minister who, while American troops patrolled nearby streets, held a defiant news conference to proclaim that there were no U.S. forces in the city.
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The U.S. commander of a new offensive north of Baghdad, reclaiming insurgent territory day by day, said Sunday his Iraqi partners may be too weak to hold onto the gains. The Iraqi military does not even have enough ammunition, said Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek: "They're not quite up to the job yet."
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Robert M. Gates testified that the U.S. was not winning in Iraq and that failure could ignite ÃÂa regional conflagration.ÃÂ
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The United States will probably have more troops in Iraq this summer than it did before pouring in forces last year -- even after a planned drawdown, a U.S. general said on Friday.
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By July, the number of U.S. troops in Iraq should be down to about 130,000, according to the U.S. commander in Baghdad, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus -- about the same number as before President Bush sent additional combat forces there last spring.
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Denying he has painted too rosy a picture about Iraq, President Bush said Thursday he would consider sending more troops if asked, but Iraq&#39;s interim leader firmly said they weren&#39;t needed.
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WASHINGTON - The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning: An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.    Four weeks before Election Day, Democrat John Kerry pounced on the acknowledgment by former Iraq administrator Paul Bremer that the United States had "paid a big price" for insufficient troop levels...
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WASHINGTON: The US did not have enough troops in Iraq to secure the country and paid a heavy price for the mistake, the former head of the US civilian administration in Baghdad has said.