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To: RetiredNow who wrote (215620)	1/22/2005 12:41:15 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574499

expects Iraq to miraculously heal in only 2 years time. It's ludicrous. If peace in the Middle East is possible, it will only come at great cost. It's not a matter of healing in a set period of time, its a matter of being on the path toward healing or being on the path to more pain. The Bush administration has done a lousy job of post-war occupation, and that's that. How many years does it take to train an Iraqi to be a security officer, and train a band of 20 Iraqis to do the raids that 20 US marines are currently doing? Answer - less than one. So where are they? Why weren't all border crossings closed when the invasion began? Why wasn't 6pm curfew imposed the day after the statue fell? Why was free press implemented before stability arrived? Why aren't neighboring Arab states training Iraqi security forces en masse? Why aren't all the Islamic web sites that put up information about foreign hostages shut down (they ban pornography, but beheading is OK??). The list goes on. It's not just a matter of time, it's a matter of progress. There doesn't seem to be much. The coalition should leave the cities, set up Iraqi security force training bases in remote locations, train them to handle their own security themselves, and hunt down the suicide car bombers themselves, and let the remaining Iraqis do their best. In fact, the coalition forces should set up two bases, one near Syria and one near Iran as a statement of what may be nest, and leave the rest of Iraq alone.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (215620)	1/22/2005 5:19:08 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574499

If only it were true, Condoleezza The Virginian-Pilot © January 22, 2005 During her testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week, Condoleezza Rice was grilled about when U.S. troops can come home from Iraq. The president’s nominee for secretary of state, hewing closely to administration talking points, said America’s 150,000 troops can return home when enough Iraqis are trained to take their place. So how many Iraqis are ready for the job? No less a conservative authority than The Economist, the respected British magazine, put the number at 10,000 in a report this week. Other reports have put the number much lower. Rice, who’s supposed to know, pegged it closer to 120,000. In other words, 30,000 more to go. But if that’s true, then why are so many of our troops still there? If we have made so much progress in building an Iraqi army, shouldn’t we now be talking about a timetable for bringing our troops home? home.hamptonroads.com