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"Politics aside... this war sure could've used more boots on the ground. " Personally I'd want to know who the commanders are that believe we should have more troops. They need more training. They are not thinking under the paradigm of war by terrorism. You want to enter a town and kill 500 terrorists, then leave the town for them to come back in, so you can go kill another 500 of them the next time you take the town. These commanders are operating under the 'old pearls of wisdom' that you don't take ground twice. That's great if you are trying to simply push them out of Iraq. or if we were waging war against Iraqis. I'd agree with ten times as many troops if that was the case, but pushing them out of Iraq is not the point. Killing them in Iraq is the point. What if we pushed them out of Iraq and they went to Somalia for example. Would we come home or would we have to pack up our bags and more to Somalia to continue the war on terrorism. Rumsfeld has this one nailed properly, and I personally hope he's the head of DoD until the end of this administration! |
