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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] Much of this is Rumsfeld's Let them succeed with what they already have" attitude- only after the situation is untenable does he relent and bring in additional forces. This goes against everything his military commanders have advised and caused our forces to wage battles they are not equiped for in a foreign land with minimal intel/cooperation from the locals [i]we[/i] put into positions of power. Case in point- Iraq's President (our pal, right?) has publicly condemned US soldiers after they arrested several insurgent leaders loyal to Al Saudr- he's afraid of losing support from Iraq's [i]true[/i] power and being shafted after the U.S. pulls out. After all, Al Sadur's forces are only running death squads...why shou;d [i]we[/i] interfere with [i]that[/i]. There is talk of re-enforcing our Iraq forces by two additional battalions and swiftly crushing any resistance in Bagdhad with overwhelming numbers, but this would stretch US forces hair thin and leave things vulnerable to a coordinated attack elsewhere. As to Al Sadur's power, Al Sadur's #2 man regularly dined and slept at Bagdahad's police headquarters while police forces kept US troops from "bothering" him. He was, after all, a guest of Bagdahad's Chief Of Police. What we need is what we [i]dont[/i] have- an international peacekeeping force in Bagdhad to train and police [i]their[/i] police forces so the US troops can go on the offensive elsewhere. Of course, we dont have too many pals willing to help out just now...maybe we can ask Venezuella to assist us? We're their biggest oil customer, afer all. ;) I cant say this enough- we cant win [i]anything[/i] in Iraq if Afghanistan is lost: and it's circling the bowl pretty badly just now. A unified, strong and peaceful afghanistan would serve as the staging area for winning Iraq. We had it and we [i]lost[/i] it because we focused only on Iraq. Fuck, even the [i]media[/i] says nothing about Afghanistan anymore. :rolleyes: If we can secure a free and [i]peaceful[/i] Afghanistan, people in Iraq will demand the same for themselves...then maybe the clerics will cooperate with the new government. Or we can bug the fuck out, secure our [i]own[/i] country and just drop the occasional MOAB on them (as we should have that Taliban funeral). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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