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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (202930)9/18/2004 1:02:46 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (2) of 1576695
 
combjelly,

Given that they can't even guarantee security in key parts of Bagdad, means our choices are limited. We either have to greatly build up our force levels and bring the rest of Iraq under control again, or we leave. We probably can bring Iraq under control, but it is going to take a lot more than we have there now, and it is going to be a long term commitment. Like a generation or more. And it is going to be expensive.

There is a third option, that should be pursued much more aggressively, which is to build upIraqi army / police. For the amount of money we keep 1 US servicemen there, we can have maybe 10 Iraqis. Instead of additional 10,000 to 50,000 US soldiers, we can have 100,000 to 500,000 Iraqis.

Joe
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