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Old 09-01-2005, 12:45 PM  
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"OR.... You can more reasonably blame Clinton, AND the republican congress that, after '92, started the RIF program (Reduction In Forces), that took the active military down by just over 50% from what it had been during desert storm, and left us with a situation whereby our active military has to be supplimented with our part-time military.

Think about it. in 1990, our miliary was TWICE the size that it is now, and that all happened from 92 to 98"



Something else most people don't realize is that clinton moved alot of the active duty jobs over the the Guard and Reserves to save money so what we see in Iraq with all the Guard and Reserves being used was Clintons plan hatched years before Bush II.
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