Originally Posted by theking

there have been reports that the cg actually wanted 60,000 troops and said that he would need a minimum of 40,000 troops. He will be getting approximately 50,000 troops...combined us and nato troops so that will be 10,000 more than the minimum requested and 10,000 less than his wish list. These figures will only apply if nato lives up to its end...and that may or may not happen.