I feel so stupid. I can't believe how wrong I was. Iraqi troops are in Iraq not Afghanistan and I never heard of a Bagdad in Afghanistan. The surge can't work. I mean how could it?
Unless of course McCain meant increase force, clear and secure areas, work with local tribes etc. No, he definitely meant the surge verbatim as Bush stated. Thank you for putting up with my simpleness. On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok Sam, I'll explain one more time and I'll try to use small words. > > Here is the surge strategy as outlined by Bush: > http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070110-7.html > > Actual plan from the Whitehouse, not anyone's interpretation of the > plan. Just the President's. And here is where he lays out the surge > strategy: > "So I've committed more than 20,000 additional American troops to > Iraq. The vast majority of them -- five brigades -- will be deployed > to Baghdad. These troops will work alongside Iraqi units and be > embedded in their formations. Our troops will have a well-defined > mission: to help Iraqis clear and secure neighborhoods, to help them > protect the local population, and to help ensure that the Iraqi forces > left behind are capable of providing the security that Baghdad needs." > > The plan was to go in with a commanding force, drive the insurgents > out of the Baghdad neighborhoods and establish a security force there > to prevent them from re-entering. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
