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To: DayTraderKidd who wrote (7799)	12/19/2006 3:38:28 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 15987

Considering that bagdad has a population of about 6 million people and we probably have between 20K and 40K troops in bagdad, it would be more than naive to think our troops are the main factor in holding back more sectarian voilence Its not naive at all. It would be naive to think that those 20 to 40K soldiers and marines could effectively police Baghdad unless the situation where a lot more peaceful. It is not naive to think that they are a very important factor in holding back more sectarian violence. They can't stop the violence, but they can put a lid on open civil war. They have the power to crush any force that tries to engage in full scale battles and our enemies in Iraq know it. Pull out them out (and pull out or other forces in Iraq), and you can get a real full scale civil war, rather then the lower level (but still very deadly) violent religious/sectarian strife you have now.

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