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residual forces

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Unexpended portions of the remaining United States forces that have an immediate combat potential for continued military operations, and that have been deliberately withheld from utilization.


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Democratic Senator Robert Menendez was more blunt, declaring: "I do have concerns that the residual forces left in Iraq after combat operations have ended will be larger than may be necessary.
Anything short of that would reverse much of the progress made to date, except this time with far greater intensity than ever before as American residual forces will be unable to prevent renewed violence.
Some other Democratic candidates, most notably, Bill Richardson, have called for a complete withdrawal of all combat and residual forces.
 
 
 
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