If ordered to commit forces, they favor a decisive, overwhelming use of troops, officials said.
If ordered to commit forces, they favor a decisive, overwhelming use of troops, the officials said.
Thus, this week he effectively called Putin a liar, saying: "The evidence was overwhelming that Russian troops with Russian equipment are on Ukraine's soil".
The debate over future force levels in Iraq has a direct and immediate effect on operations in Afghanistan, which civilian and military officers concede has been "an economy of force" mission because of the overwhelming demand for troops in Iraq.
General Powell's approach has been that the military should be used only when there is a clear goal, a specific national interest at stake, popular support and an exit strategy -- and when overwhelming numbers of troops and weapons can be deployed.
Benjamin and Davis hoped the island's defenses could hold off the Union forces, but an overwhelming number of troops were landed in February 1862 at an undefended point, and the Confederates were quickly defeated.
But let's not forget that the United States still wields enormous military and economic power in Asia - tens of thousands of troops, overwhelming military hardware, the purchasing power of the American market.
Stirling and Gist led the troops in a rear-guard action against the overwhelming numbers of British troops which surpassed 2,000 troops supported by two cannons.
A substantial portion of the American public is against sending more troops, the overwhelming majority of Democrats in Congress are against sending more troops, and a number of prominent conservatives are against sending more troops.
Still, overwhelming is overwhelming.
