I don't know about the exact number, but I was saying the same thing about Baghdad. Put 100,000 troops in Baghdad and lock it down. I don't know about the borders- that's a lot of territory to cover. But we need to seal off Sadr from his Iranian sponsors.
Democracy is taking root, but security is what matters right now. On 8/28/06, Gruss wrote: > > So with the Lieberman stuff happening I did a lot of reading this > weekend and have a new position on Iraq which is blend of my old > position and the Murtha position: > > (1.) Up troops to 450,000+. The could be accomplished with a > combination of any of the following: US troops, mercenarys, NATO > troops, private security, etc. Why? > 1.1) We need to lock down the border. > 1.2) We need to hold territory we've spilled American blood to win. > 1.3) We need to ensure maximum security for the entire country. > > (2.) Build the democracy from the ground up. Tim said it better than > I could so I won't re-cover it, but we need the talent to start town > and regional democracy that will eventually *roll up* to national > elections. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:214295 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
