21,500 but the gloves are off. They'll be allowed to act with more force, upon less provocation Iran and Syria will no longer be allowed to supply weapons; storage and supply routes will be destroyed. The US just raided an Iranian government office and arrested five people including diplomats. This is all or nothing last push to win.
>From the address: Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity - and stabilizing the region in the face of the extremist challenge. This begins with addressing Iran and Syria. These two regimes are allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to move in and out of Iraq. Iran is providing material support for attacks on American troops. We will disrupt the attacks on our forces. We will interrupt the flow of support from Iran and Syria. And we will seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq. We are also taking other steps to bolster the security of Iraq and protect American interests in the Middle East. I recently ordered the deployment of an additional carrier strike group to the region. We will expand intelligence sharing - and deploy Patriot air defense systems to reassure our friends and allies. We will work with the governments of Turkey and Iraq to help them resolve problems along their border. And we will work with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating the region. On 1/11/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What was the final number? > > I didn't catch the speech, been busy. > > If less than 500,000, he's an idiot. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:19 PM > Subject: Re: 12% Support More Troops > > > >> GG wrote: > >> Therefore, current public opinion is simply reflecting his record, not > >> predicting it's future outcome. > >> > > > > I would also add that Iraq is no longer a military policy question, > > it's a common sense question: do you send more Americans into a > > foreign civil war or not? > > > > We only have 3 reasons to die for Iraq's civil war: > > > > 1.) We need to protect America's energy supply. > > 2.) We need to prevent Iraq from becoming a base for international > > terrorism. > > 3.) Some asshat dumped our relatives into the middle of a firestorm > > and now we need to put out the fire. > > > > If we pull out now likely Iraq implodes, if we stay we delay the > > implosion until we leave. So there's only 2 choices: > > > > 1.) Send in 1,000,000 troops to lock the country down, or > > 2.) Slowly pull out ("redeploy to the sea" as Reagan said) and hope > > for the best. > > > > Bush's "plan" will probably (<- key word) change nothing, so why do > > it? Too few troops for hawks (me) and too many for doves. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
