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To: stockman_scott who wrote (445667)	8/20/2003 5:46:57 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769667

That may be the opinion of the arm chair expersts. However those doing the job say different. lynxer washingtonpost.com\?language=printer Rumsfeld Says Current Troop Level in Iraq Adequate Reuters Wednesday, August 20, 2003; 3:06 PM TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday that American military commanders in Iraq believed that the size of the force there was adequate, even in the aftermath of Tuesday's deadly bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad. Rumsfeld told a news conference in the Honduran capital that Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz had spoken with commanders in Iraq "and they reiterated their belief that the size of the force in Iraq is appropriate today."

To: stockman_scott who wrote (445667)	8/21/2003 3:35:16 AM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

Scott, the Pentagon is likely right about the Iraqis having to take it over, and the sooner the better. It's not a matter of more foreign troops. They're not the answer, they're the problem. If the Iraqis don't have the will and the desire to create the kind of nation we will support, then it won't happen. Throwing more and more American lives into the hopper won't "solve" the problem. The question is, what's the exit plan if the Iraqis don't have what it takes?