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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bilow who wrote (128697)4/8/2004 1:53:36 PM
From: Don Hurst  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
P.S. The usual force ratio for hostile occupations like >>"Iraq, as published by US military documents, is at least 20 per thousand. Given that there are 25 million Iraqis, that means that we need to have at least 500,000 ground troops. That would probably have been enough for a successful (though bloody) occupation a year ago, but now that the guerilla war is going, the number required is somewhat larger. My guess is that we now need something like 800,000 troops to pacify the place."<<

Oh goody......when do you think we will start building walls around the cities?
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