Murtha's rational argument plus some:
1. Either leave or send in 500,000 troops. We won't have 500,000 troops without a draft. Anyone for a draft? No? Okay, then leave. Don't want to leave? Okay, then let's have a draft.
2. What's wrong with pulling back to, say, Kuwait and training Iraqis there and keeping a fast strike force there in case of IMMINENT THREAT TO THE US OF A from inside Iraq?
3. Iraq is beating up our military. It takes years to build up our forces. What happens if we're too weak to take on someone really important in the future?
======== A prof on the NewsHour said, if I remember correctly, this about terrorists:
1. He studied about 400 successful suiciders over a 25 year period in different parts of the world.
2. Many, if not most, are secular.
3. Suiciders are used in order to get rid of COMBAT TROOPS IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF INTEREST.
4. They are successful about 50% of the time.
In other words, no combat troops, no suiciders. In other words, this can be seen as a pretty cheap and pretty effective military strategy against a larger, better equipped and more organized enemy.
This is an interesting analysis and it makes a great deal more sense than the general purpose crazy jihadist idea. |
