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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: bentway who wrote (317286)12/25/2006 10:42:25 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 1577466
 
So, just what did the military "win"?

The war with Saddam's government.

If they "won", why can't they leave?

They can. They haven't been ordered to yet.

Why do they need MORE troops?

Bush wants the military to help the Iraqis in effort to stabilize their country. Doesn't seem to me what the US military is good at, especially in an Arabic speaking Muslim region, but that's his decision.

I thought they were "invincible"?

They are. Just try to eradicate them and you'll find out how invincible they are the hard way.

Whether the US military is invicible and whether the US military is able to bring stability to bring security to a population that doesn't want security enough to fight for it themselves are different subjects. If the Iraqis don't want to live together in peace and harmony, there isn't much the US military can do to stop them from killing each other.
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