I think we are in agreement. I should have said that the military has done everything it has been asked to do that our military should be asked to do. They should not be asked to be the police, or the local government, or the border patrol. Had the Pentagon said up front, "We believe that our soldiers will be performing these additional duties for the foreseeable future,", I would have agreed under the Powell doctrine that we should have gone in with 400,000-500,000 troops. That never would have worked, though, because the country would not have tolerated that many people in Iraq for this length of time. Because of the deep internal divisions between Sunnis and Shias, I don't think things would be all that different right now. There might be less sectarian violence, but I don't think they would be any closer to a political settlement than they are now.
On 6/7/06, Jerry wrote: > > No, it has not, in my opinion. > > It was asked to be the policemen of Iraq. And that is not going that well. > It was asked to be the border police for Iraq. And that is not going that > well. > It was asked to be the local government in some places, and that is > not going that well. > Should they have been asked to do all of this? Absolutely not. > > > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208433 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
