Wasn’t 40,000 to 7,100 the real news?
“The actual reduction in forces will be from the present 7,100 — itself down from over 9,000 two years ago and 40,000 at the time of the conflict — to roughly 5,500″
The reporting on a troop reduction of 1,600 is overwrought. By comparison, we do not recall comparable agitation about the 32,900 previous reductions — a 20x greater number.