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RE: Iraq Withdraw - 11/13/2006 8:54:23 AM

mnottertail

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Ja, I see that Iran is making friendly overtures to the government, thru Baker the new world order strategy what the fuck do we do about Iraq now guy.

As I said, a benevolent and fatherly figure..............

I understand they were lightly rebuffed......but they also have vital interest in the area and will not let this go so easily................

The chickens are coming home to roost.

Ron

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RE: Iraq Withdraw - 11/13/2006 9:28:21 AM

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In fact I would suggest this be our stategy from here on out in all these regional conflicts: let local troops do the heavy lifting, while we provide support - logistics, training, close combat support, etc. - they don't really lack manpower, which is what we're short on, but they do lack the support and training we have in abundance.

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Amaros:
That was our stratagy in Viet nam. Three and a half million support troops and about 60,000 body bags later someone in charge decided it was not working .

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RE: Iraq Withdraw - 11/13/2006 9:39:04 AM

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Half the problem in Iraq is that there are in essence, two conflict going on simultanously: one, is the Muslim fundamentalists we're fighting, and the other is an internal Iraqi conflict, the civil war between Sunni and Shia - by withdrawing towards the border, we can practice border control, i.e., insurgents filtering across the border who are the people we are actually supposed to be fighting, and give the Iraqis some room to deal with their own internal conflicts.

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Amaros:
I was under the impression that the people we were fighting in Iraq were those Iraquies who wanted us out of their country. Is it possible that there could be anyone in Iraq that does not want us there that is not an islamic fundamentalist?
Isn't that a little like saying if Iraq had attacked the US that only christian fundamentalist would oppose them?

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