If he means it, and we get away from this PC war shit, and change the ROE and stop charging Soldiers and Marines with crimes for doing their jobs there might be a chance.
I like that he is specifically targeting the groups and nations that are heavily supplying equipment and fighters to the enemy, however, I think it's too little too late. We need to hammer these people, and I don't see how adding one division is going to accomplish that goal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:46 PM Subject: Re: 12% Support More Troops > 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:224372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
