On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Jerry wrote: > > Agreed. > > But I don't think there is any question (except from Mike) that we > moved assets, resources and focus from Afghanistan and applied them to > Iraq. >
no question there > I don't think there is much question that more assets, resources and > focus would have IMPROVED THE ODDS of a great outcome. And probably > improved the outcome. > I don't know. No one in the coalition was prepared to send the numbers of troops required to effectively control the entire country, even before Iraq. And we were certainly not prepared to invade Pakistan, where the Taliban and Al Qaeda fled. So what would have changed? > I think there is some question, but a valid argument can be made, that > Pakistan trending was hurt in a number of ways by the Iraq initiative. > It is worse than it could and should be. > I disagree completely. Pakistan has been trending this way for decades, the situation just finally came to a head. What happens when the Taliban take over the government of Pakistan? Short of a serious military effort by coalition forces, it is going to happen. The President is going to have to make some tough decisions in very short order. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:295665 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
