US army leaders have warned that the US troops currently stationed in Iraqs' ability to respond to any new contingency is highly questionable.
Professor of international relations at Boston University, Andrew Bacevich said of the US troops in the region: "We face a large and growing gap between our military commitments and our military capabilities. Something has to give."
The current conflict in Iraq has become the third-longest conflict in the history of the US and complaints from within the military point to a rift developing over the current strategy.
