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I liked the generals response as to just keeping the US/coalition troops at the same level as the Iraqi forces continue to build and become more independent.
It is a difficult decision to not take that approach. And many things could be written over the pros and cons of this decision. It is to easy to say very large numbers of combined troops would neccessarily do a better job of busting up the remaining pockets of resistance, and foreign terrorist groups.
The politics are always at play. We are not in country fighting a conventional war. The military has had to do one hell of a lot of adjusting to adapt to this new type of SASO activity. I do hope people can realize their choosen methods are arrived at by taking many pieces of the formula into account. The Iraqi want us out. It is a good move to show them that is our intentions. Take those remaining lies given some of them, that we are an occupying force by design. The more the coalition troops dis-engage into small remote footprints, the more Iraqi troops/police are seen as the protectors. Iraqi cannot with their new constitution have much of a gripe. After all the their troops are there to protect them and get rid of the remaining goon squads.

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The see a photo of us Battle of IA DRANG-1965 Vets marching on to the Vietnam Wall just after our each being personally greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine Gen. PETER PACE...

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..A Freeper Vet goes to the Vietnam Wall..

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