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To: LindyBill who wrote (88491)	11/28/2004 7:06:57 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) of 793964

But it is still more important to keep pressure on the newly-trained Iraqi army, to assume more and more of the responsibilities. This means not repeating the mistake that was made in Vietnam, where the Americans effectively took over the war from the South Vietnamese, who were then unable to defend themselves when the Americans went home This is my MAIN REASON for being on the side of being extremely HESITANT to increase our force level in Iraq. Sometimes I DREAM of 500k troops there and the ability to police the entire country SIMULTANEOUSLY but then what happens when we leave? IF those elections take place on schedule it would be nice to have enough troops to guarantee the safety of the polls (though apparently the Iraqi's themselves dont want us doing that) but in the long haul, a substantial BATTLE TRAINED Iraqi National Guard and more experienced Iraqi police officers are the answer to stability in Iraq. I am curious to see just where we stand say around June 30t of 2,005. If by then we have several hundred thousand (ideally 500k) well trained combination Nat'l Guard and Police Officers I bet things will calm down and Bush will start withdrawing front line troops. jdn

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