So now he is sending 450 more troops to Iraq? Can’t have it both ways. Crap or get off the pot.
There are some things that cannot be done in half steps:
1. When sliding into a base, you cannot just kind of slide. Kind of sliding is a tumbling fall that can often result in injurry.
2. Diving into water. A partial dive into water is called a belly flop. It hurts.
3. WAR! Sending in some troops gets soldiers killed. Restrictive Rules of Engagement get soldiers killed. Bureaucratic battle management gets soldiers killed. Go to win in a gory and fight with extreme prejudice or don't go at all. I hate that we cannot learn from the past on this.
450 is just enough to get shot in the back by our “allies”, not enough to actually accomplish anything.