tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post5073773694638757302..comments2023-11-17T03:55:40.736-05:00Comments on Ink Spots: Cordesman: up to nine additional brigades needed in Afghanistan (UPDATED)Lilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-16467529063715944232009-08-12T15:50:11.522-04:002009-08-12T15:50:11.522-04:00Gulliver, that goes without saying...Where else wo...Gulliver, that goes without saying...Where else would he have gotten it??Lilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-82499153181789436702009-08-11T00:09:44.730-04:002009-08-11T00:09:44.730-04:00We're at 7 American BCTs now, and Cordesman is...We're at 7 American BCTs now, and Cordesman is suggesting that we raise that to 10-16. At the upper end (by far the biggest number I've heard mentioned), that's as many BCTs as were in Iraq before the surge, and presumably there would have to be at least one or two division HQs and aviation brigades and all kinds of support units and things. Let's set aside what such an increase would do to the increase in dwell times that GEN Casey keeps promising (especially to IBCTs and SBCTs, unless we started sending HBCTs over there too). Would it even be possible to logistically support such a large (which sounds like it would be larger, in troop numbers, than the Soviet force was)? It seems like it's awfully hard to sustain even the current force, given how far supplies and equipment have to go to get there and where they have to pass through.Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592358121800046008noreply@blogger.com