Laverne,
"I guess its a matter of semantics, our guys on patrol is not a strategic matter but a tactical one."
No it isn't. Think about it.
Are our troops there to defend them from 'foreign' invadors? ...NO
If that was their role, I would have no quarrel with that.
NO. Our troops are there to...? POLICE their own country. You can't shake away from that fact.
What I say, is, it's time for them to do their OWN POLICING!
For goodness sake, it's CAR BOMBS and IEDs that are the weapons involved. Not MISSILES or TANKS! Why can't (or wont) they defend themselves AGAINST THAT????
I say, give the good guys ALL THE ARMS THEY NEED, and LET THEM TAKE CARE OF THE BAD GUYS ANYWAY THEY WANT, and let us GET OUR TROOPS OUT of harms way.
/johnny