[mylife]

A question to Fellow Freepers: Do we need more troops or do we play politics and rush the turnover of power to the Iraqi's?

My personal opinion is that while giving the Iraqi's their country back is important, instilling freedom is paramount. If we have to be firm with the ruffnecks in islam so be it! We must do what is necessary to bring freedom to the midleast. If that cant be done we need to do what we can to put "ears" in their house.

[binreadin]

I'm with you. We could make some huge mistakes if we move too quickly with Iraquification, especially since I don't think we have any reliable way of vetting the people we are trusting. It looks to me the more we try to turn things over the the Iraquis, the more our troops are dying. I'm absolutely for the war continuing, but we need to be realistic about the long struggle we are facing. I'm hoping president Bush has more fortitude than his father did. It looks so far like he does.