I agree. Plus we could use the time limit to announce when the Iran war will start :)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:03 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: New Position On Iraq > > 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. > > (3.) Set a deadline to leave. WHAT? OMG! WHY?? > (3.1) Same reason republicans set a deadline with Welfare: > motivation. When people know there's an end to subsidization it > typically motivates them to step up. But how can this work you ask? > > (3.1.1) We need to deliver the Iraqis a better life and > better future. 50,000 Iraqis have died since the US invaded and the > country is careening towards civil war. That is NOT a better life, > not a secure life, and not a life I'd want to invest in. I'm sure > they don't either. > > If we can deliver REAL security for solid set of > time, Iraqis will see democracy and the law as a guarantor of their > security. They'll invest in those institutions and therefore they'll > have something to lose. > > Once they have something to lose they'll be VERY > motivated to provide their own security especially if the US says > they'll pull out. > > > BOTTOM LINE: Essentially Bush's policy has been a total failure and > saying that "we're staying" is more stubborn than strategy. It's time > to develop a winning strategy and I think what's above is it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:214303 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
