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To: tejek who wrote (178376)	11/25/2003 3:00:18 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1579068

What do you think of this dispute over what should be troop strength on the ground? It seems we are short but the Bushies insist that they have enough. Of course, the problem may be they can't get any more. It's a political problem for bush and his advisers, and it's all about the coming election. Sending more troops means the war is not going well, leaving them there in lower numbers strains a military important to his election bid and results in more deaths, both of which drive public opinion at home. What would a responsible president do, now that he has gotten into this ill advised mess? Of course!!! He goes to the UN and seeks a new resolution declaring that the occupation has ended, but still whispers that he will leave 100K+ soldiers there indefinitely. He plays both sides of the issue. Creates the impression at home that the war is ended just in time for elections, fools a few million idiots who seem to have been bought with tax cuts, (never mind the deficits and the burden on future taxpayers, your children and mine) but nothing in Iraq has really changed, in fact it gets worse everyday. After the election, when it's clear that the place is still a quagmire, increases troop strenght and does what McCain and others have called for in the last several months. He uses events and people for political gain, and pundits wonder why people hate him. Al

To: tejek who wrote (178376)	11/25/2003 4:41:57 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579068

Ted, What do you think of this dispute over what should be troop strength on the ground? Sounds like management trying to solve the problem the old-fashioned way: Throw more heads at it. It is my opinion that more troops will only present the bad guys with more targets. What we need is better intelligence. Also, is it possible for us to play their games a little, such as dressing up some of our troops as civilians or even potential "martyrs"? Maybe even lure them out somehow? All of this would be a lot smarter than just marching around like the British redcoats of American colonial times. (And I use that analogy very hesitantly, for I don't ever want to imply that the terrorists are freedom fighters in any sense.) Tenchusatsu