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To: Bill who wrote (217869)	2/12/2007 9:53:59 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<munitions?> Bogus claims of WMD aside, Iraq had huge caches of conventional munitions that the US did not even pretend to try to secure during the invasion. Those who intended to mount an insurgency and then civil war now have almost unlimited stockpiles on which to draw. Sending in a "light" force with zero intention or capability of securing Iraq set the stage for the debacle that has followed. Want somebody to blame? The names are well known and they work in DC.

To: Bill who wrote (217869)	2/12/2007 9:58:08 AM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

This is what you get when incompetent trigger happy ideologues launch an invasion. news.yahoo.com

To: Bill who wrote (217869)	2/12/2007 11:27:42 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Define the "enemy". Most (3 out of 4) US casualties are at the hands of Sunni insurgents. They are supported by Saudi, Egypt, and Jordan (see the latest NIE). The administration calls these countries moderate Arab states who are our allies. So the US is not going to cut off these supplies, just as surely as a knife does not cut its own handle. The Shia militias are mostly supported by the Iraqi government, because hey, the Iraqi government is formed by Shia militias. Iran supports some (not all) Shia factions. The extent of such weapons and/or official support for their export is very unclear. More likely Iran sends them money and they buy their own arms through open markets. BTW, do you remember how many tons of high explosives were left unguarded after the fall of Saddam and were later stolen? I guess you are seeing them in action now.