> RoMunn wrote:
> Everyone knows people and equipment, including those of the National Guard,
> that would normally be in the US are in Iraq. This is the biggest non-story
> since the US Attorney firings.
(1.) Iraq policy is an issue about leadership.
(1.1) We don't have the military capacity for the mission we've
taken on. The President should've considered that possibility up
front rather than firing the generals that brought it up. He
should've "listened to the generals".
(1.2) Iraq is not question is not war, there is no war; there's
only a security issue for a Middle Eastern country which makes their
need no different than, say, Darfur. We've been there long enough to
compensate them for Bush's fuck up. At this point we're simply their
security bitch.
(1.3) If we're going to continue in Iraq, then we'll need more
troops. If we can't get them by asking for volunteers, then we need a
draft. If we're unwilling start a draft, then we need a policy
change.
(1.4) Bush's policy is on its last possible leg: Patraeus, and
the deadline is September. "The surge" won't work due to a simple
fact: security in Baghdad is not an obstacle to solving the Iraq
problem.
(1.5) The are only 2 solutions to the Iraq Problem:
(1.5.1) Level it. Requires no Iraqi cooperation.
(1.5.2) Bring in 500,000 troops who can stay a minimum of
50 years and whose mission is to secure the borders and every town and
city within. Requires majority Iraqi support which, at this point,
looks like we're losing.
CONCLUSION: Begin a phased withdrawal immediately.
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