LogFAQs > #962734348

Caution999 posted...

Probably not. He is probably enjoying the attention and he wants to make the United States look foolish. Anything is possible. Hopefully he did "wuss out", but he probably wants people to be caught off guard if he decides to invade.

It's pretty much this. Even if they do the withdrawal they've claimed they are doing (they haven't yet) the troops and equipment are still in the region. They haven't been returned to the place they were transferred in from.

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You don't move that many troops and that much heavy equipment without planning something. Even for a huge training exercise (which it wasn't). That kind of shit is expensive and time consuming. And you certainly don't move the logistical infrastructure required to manage an invasion, especially huge amounts of medical supplies including field hospitals.