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Right I love how their sub-headline immediately contradicts the headline by saying "He wants to avoid a general mobilization, so the military is relying on othe
by ummonk 4y ago
Right I love how their sub-headline immediately contradicts the headline by saying "He wants to avoid a general mobilization, so the military is relying on other methods."
It's also hard to know exactly how desperate for manpower the Russians really are, considering that the US was sending national guard and reserve forces to Iraq throughout the war, and there was plenty of talk of the US Army struggling to meet its recruitment goals.
- actinium226 4y agoOK but this war is not even at 4 months. How long did it take before national guard/reserve were sent to Iraq and before talk of US Army struggling to reach its recruitment goals? Surely it was much later?
- ginja 4y agoSeems like the National Guard were there even before the invasion began: > Already participating in combat operations in Afghanistan, the National Guard lived up to its motto of "Always Ready, Always There," and answered the call in January 2003 to send troops to Iraq for the beginning stages of what would later be known as Operation Iraqi Freedom. https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/576180/the-national-guards-contribution-300000-plus-iraq-deployments/ https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/576180/the-nation...
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