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Originally Posted by Ray
So, what is the answer?
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The answer is 100,000 more troops, majority support by the American people, a commitment to victory, a strategy of retake and hold population centers; out-of-country training of Iraqi military and police recruits, shutting up the brass from discussing gains, a crash program to repair infrastucture with emphasis on medical care and shorten tours of duty to no more than 6 months in country. All or most of which we won't do because of political weakness, popular opposition, fear of the draft, and US policy of pretending there is an Iraqi government.
Plain and simple, we are trying to win a war with less force than is required to win it. We have the force but won't use it because we have to maintain forces elsewhere. If this is the prescription the US intends to stick to in future wars, we will lose them all.