--- JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 05:13 PM 4/26/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: > >> I think that the fact that al-Zarqawi is able to > evade the US in an > >> country that has a large amount of US military > presence > > > >"Large amount?" Talked to any military people > about this? We are and have > >been vastly under-staffed for the job we're trying > to do there. Intitution > >tells me that's a major reason we're seeing so many > troops return with > PTSD. > >We are spread very, very thin over there. > > None of which at all contradicts the term "large > amount." > > JDG
For that matter, I've talked to a _lot_ of military people about this, and, while I think we're grossly under-staffed over there, in no way is that a unanimous opinion. Of the four military officers who are currently military fellows at MIT, for example, the Marine and the Army officer (the two combat veterans in the bunch, interestingly enough - both from Iraq, one from first Iraq, the other from the second) vociferously disagree with me on that. Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
