I'm not sure more troops would actually do anything, the problem is that you really don't clear an area out.
They just go hide, and they look like they are gone. I'm not sure how you can pull out of something like this. I think that not only this administration, but those before this one thought that maybe, the people of Iraq would be ready to do some of this stuff on their own. Or maybe they thought that if we set up shop in Iraq we could get better intel, than we could search caves that had been abandoned weeks before we got there. Because that is really what these guys are doing now. Iraq is a place where we lure terrorists in, and capture and kill them, best I can tell we are doing a pretty good job of that, speaking militarily, now is the public ready to keep our military under siege for this amount of time. The terrorists a clearly less capable, but as we have seen, the blind squirrel will get his nut. The insurgents continue to kill Americans, groups continue to fight, and the only thing we can say we have actually done is arrest Saddam Hussein, at least from a PR standpoint. Yeah, we did a pretty good job invading, we moved across that land faster than anybody had done before. Of course the last group that tried was going up against a military with weapons from us, and the people before that were still using horses, so really, is that a good judge? But now I am just rambling. I wish I could figure out what to do here, but this is one of those odd spots where I don't know what I think we should do. I usually have some opinion, right or wrong, I at least try to think of what I would do. But now, I can honestly say, I don't know. And unfortunately, I fear the president is in a very similar situation. -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:32 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: It's Official! Iraq Strategy Failed > Robert wrote: > Make no mistake, the bulk of the people that make up the insurgency are Sunni Baathists who Yeah, I agree. We're basically in the middle of a combination civil war/regional war/kill-US war. Right now what's keeping us from making any progress is Don Rumsfeld and his decision to use too few troops. Consequently, the marines go clear an area out, but then have to leave and it fills right back up again. One of those areas is called the Iraqi border! Before anyone says, "the generals aren't asking for more troops blah blah blah" remember: that's a cover for Mr. Rumsfeld who sets the goals. If you don't set a goal of securing the airport road then no troops are plenty of troops to do it. In Mr. Rumsfeld's defense he may be ordered by the President to do his best without increasing military levels, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169480 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
