> gMoney wrote: > Do you think lack of training is what is keeping us from winning in Iraq? >
I think it's what *kept* us from winning. If we had the team (both State and military) that knew what this type effort required, and a President that listened to them, we wouldn't have done things the way we did. What we need now (and aren't getting) is an honest accounting of our position: (1.) Bush and Rummy made an awful mess of Iraq. (2.) To clean up the mess it's going to take a MINIMUM of 500,000 troops. If we don't have them we'll need to get them from others (UK, France, etc) (3.) If we can't get the minimum number of troops (or are unwilling too) then no additional lives should be risked to continue a policy known to fail. Here's an analogy: Is it important for me to invest my savings? YES! Should I invest it all into citrus futures? NO! Iraq is important, but nothing is important enough to do it wrong. Sometimes it's better to do nothing (save cash) than to invest wrong (100% in citrus futures). What's happening now is that those who understand how important Iraq is, are talking themselves into doing it wrong rather than admitting what's right. Thus the President's proposal to keep our savings in citrus and add a little of our food budget into that too - all because we're not getting the return we expected. You NEVER throw good money after bad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http: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:224866 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
