[jpsb]

If we don't need more troops then why are we keeping troops in country past their rotation date? How come we can't take, hold and secure rebellious cities?

[WOSG]

I'd refer you to Abizaid's comments in his press conference this week. Exact question came up. Abizaid wanted the extra as a mobile reserve due to recent events. He says we DONT NEED MORE US troops.

Your questions are as (mis)leading as the usual press queries. We cant take any city we want to in Iraq. We choose not to, because our goal is for Iraqis to rule themselves, so we prefer Iraqi political solutions not imposed US military solutions to the various challenges.

So please, read the press conferences of the CENTCOM Generals. They are the true debunkers of much of this nonsense from civilian critics who arent there.

[winodog]

Because we dont have the will to destroy them. We are afraid of the fallout and that is the reason why the predators and parasites whom we have elected to run this country have screwed up.
Fallujah is a nightmare. We did not do what we said we would do and the dems along with their pals, the liberal media will play this up as a big defeat for W.

[metesky]

How come we can't take, hold and secure rebellious cities?

We can, in a heartbeat.

Neither world nor American opinion would put up with the carnage involved.

[Tribune7]

If we don't need more troops then why are we keeping troops in country past their rotation date?

That doesn't mean we don't enough troops in Iraq. That means we don't have enough troops to provide for the planned rotation of troops from Iraq.