I wasn't really sure what all that meant or what's happening the troops. But we did go in and set up local elections and train their troops. Democracy from the bottom up.
On 8/22/06, loathe wrote: > Not even close. > > Right now our FOBs are closed to most Iraqis, even those that work there. > They have to go home to their families off post, and the risk against their > families is great. > > Also we are suing primarily regular line infantry for patrolling. Having > been on both the SOF and conventional sides of the house I can tell you that > line infantry is very good at killing, and not good for much else. > > Having a battalion roll through with strikers and Abrams and shit is not > going to help in the long run. It's a strange case but often times 12 en > can do a much better job than 1200. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213928 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
