[Tulsa Ramjet]

“but why do we report every single soldiers death as breaking news?”

Its irrelevant whether we report it or not. U.S. patrols in vehicles is a failed strategy. Its the equivalent of Soviet Hind helos in the 1980s. You have guys driving around looking at debris in the road, and as they start to drive by, they closed their eyes, pucker their anus and hope and doesn’t blow up. Is that a strategy? No, its a tactic, and a poor one at that. Again, let the Iraqis patrol, give them up-armored vehicles and ammo. therefore all the Iraqi security patrols and recce will be on request and order of Maliki. We just provide SPECFOR and CAS, as coordinated support, and we down scope our troops to minimum level 20-30K, and develop a protective perimeter around Baghdad. Let Tikrit go to hell or let the Kurds clean it out. This way Bush can say he didn’t leave and he is still giving Iraq a chance to get their act together, and the americans can see their boys and girls come home, and the troops will see less back to back deployments. Sounds like a plan.

[Westbrook]

U.S. patrols in vehicles is a failed strategy. It's the equivalent of Soviet Hind helos in the 1980s.

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Let the Iraqis patrol, give them up-armored vehicles and ammo. therefore all the Iraqi security patrols and recce will be on request and order of Maliki.

We just provide SPECFOR and CAS, as coordinated support, and we down scope our troops to minimum level 20-30K, and develop a protective perimeter around Baghdad.

Let the Kurds clean out Tikrit.

This way Bush can say he didn’t leave and he is still giving Iraq a chance to get their act together, and the americans can see their boys and girls come home, and the troops will see less back to back deployments.

Best suggestion I'v read.

So good, it bears repeating and a BTT.

I would add one thing, though.

Warn the MoHAMhead radicals that we have nukes sighted for Mecca and Medina. One more major attack on American soil, and those places become smoking radioactive craters.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

[kabar]

Since 2005, Iraqi security forces, military and police, have suffered three times the KIAs we have. I wonder why most Americans are not aware of the sacrifice of Iraqis who are fighting and dying for their country. Or that Iraqi government officials and their family members have been assassinated and targetted.

The insurgents and AQ represent a small minority of Iraqis. They are trying to overthrow the democratically elected government of Iraq. The idea that we can walk away without consequences to us and the region is nonsense.