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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: michael97123 who wrote (179315)1/6/2006 1:03:29 PM
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I don't understand this departure discussion and never have. Informed people should understand that the success of our operations in Iraq involve strategic and dynamic decision making as thresholds are crossed, as accomplishments are secured, as new information becomes available, and as circumstance changes.

I understand that congressmen like to throw out commitment dates to get a political rally going but that isn't strategic reality. I have never been in a military role but it seems to me, in the real world, there is a need to reduce forces in certain types of operations and increase in others, to deploy to certain areas and to withdraw from others.

The exception was VietNam, when we decided to throw in the towel. That was a devastating event and period in US history. The argument that we should depart from Iraq to save american soldiers lives does not make sense.
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