Posted on 01/05/2007 4:29:39 PM PST by MHT
How Do Freepers Feel About A Troop Surge? Yes or No? If Yes, How Many?
My vote will have to be "Undecided". On the other hand I think we needed more troops in the beginning for a real occupation till things settled.
If there's a "surge," then our guys need to kick ass so hard that the insurgents won't be able to just hang on until the surge recedes. Seems unlikely to me, not that I really know.
Who knows!...my son and hubby will be there regardless.
You are right.
They're going to vote on it before Bush even announces what he's going to do.
There are troop surges, and then there are troop surges, in military history. Some radically alter the calculus of the battlefield. Others simply add to the stasis and sense of quagmire, ending up as nothing more than preludes to defeat.
The Allied offensives of August and September 1918 that finally broke the Kaiser’s armies followed from a surge of thousands of fresh American troops into the western front. But the victory wasn’t due just to the increase in numbers. After all, the Germans themselves the previous spring had tried to break through the Allied trenches with thousands of additional storm troopers freed from the Russian Front. The difference was that the Allies created a new unified command structure under Gen. Foch, employed greater combined use of tanks, exploited the element of surprise by means of shorter bombardments, and depended on much better organized logistics to sustain initial breakthroughs.
From VDH today:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWRjYTAzMDlkNWVkOTZkZTU0NGI5NzU3NGI5MDgxYjA=
Can you bring back a pair of those crossed swords on your next trip home? They'd look real cool in my backyard.
I would say, yes, we need more troops, and they ought to be deployed into Iran.
And yes, the Rules of Engagement need to be written by Infantry types, not by JAG lawyers and Chaplains.
Oh, and Shoot Mookie publicly for treason. Remember to stand him up to a corner of the building, so the rounds don't injure the firing squad.
They have to get past Lieberman first. He is the trump card.
Why do you want to know what the Chairborne Rangers want? Ask the Generals what they need? Keep the civilians out.
Why do you want to know what the Chairborne Rangers want? Ask the Generals what they need? Keep the civilians out.
That would be political suicide. They won't do that. Anyway, Pelosi is Speaker in name only. She hasn't got a majority.
it will be interesting to see - how many republicans vote to support the surge, when those votes come to the floor.
Anyone sitting back here in the land of the Big PX hasn't got a clue. I see the daily classified reports on activities in theater and I constantly discuss what's going on with those on the ground. But don't ask me what to do in the tactical fight. I'm not on the ground, and just don't have a feel for it.
I can assure that 99.9% of the morons living inside the beltway know even less than I do. They are totally clueless and only advocate what they think with strengthen their political position. They are only interested in themselves and their politcal futures. They could care less what happens to their country and its soldiers.
As for the strategic and operational objectives and way ahead, that's easy: Fight to Win, whatever it takes.
Two "surges" are needed. First, a greater number of boots in the combat forces (6 to 8 combat brigades for the active duty Army, and 3 to 4 combat brigades for the Marines). This is needed to ease the rotation schedule.
As for boosting the presence in Iraq (specifically Baghdad) say 20 to 30 thousand.
she hasn't got a majority? don't put too much faith in the newly elected blue dogs.
Whatever the generals think they need, I'm for.
Except, I want Sadr and his gang removed from the equation. If that means Fallujah Redux, then whatever. There is no time like the present.
HeHe..
Unfortunately, we have to now fight under unreasonable pc rules that the Ethiopians would consider laughable...
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