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["On Topic" With Doug Krile] We have three choices 1) Draft 100,000 men to bolster the Army in Iraq, sending 20K there in the next nine months. Expanding the Army will not happen without conscription 2) Prepare for an immediate withdrawal 3)Plan to leave within a fixed time frame There are no other choices.
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[Inblogs.net] Rodger A. Payne's Blog: Framing Iraq: a Lesson from the Vietnam ...: Sending more Americans would undermine our strategy of encouraging Iraqis to take the lead in this fight. And sending more Americans would suggest that we intend to stay forever, when we are, in fact, working for the day when Iraq can defend itself and we can leave.Before the war, of course, then-Army chief of staff, General Eric Shinseki said that the US would need hundreds of thousands of troops in Iraq.
[Huffingtonpost.com] The Blog | Paul Rieckhoff: Iraq Vets Making the Scene at Sundance ...: one of these girls(and i say girl cause she still looked like a teenager, probably was)grabbed bush's hand and said "Pres Bush, my husband is in Iraq, thank you so much!" i was and remain to this day, dumbfounded by that display, the only logical explanation for that is that she hates her husband and was looking for the $12,000 death benefit.Waiting 5 years for vets to get angry is too long, we will have completely lost our democracy by then if the american military, religious, conservatives etc dont wake up and see what is happening. I really cannot understand how people can still believe that bush gives a shit about democracy, freedom or the american people, Like barb, please i want to understand, but i dont think there is a logical explanation
[Camelspider.typepad.com] Howdy's BLOG: I usually try and not re-print drivel, but this one lie needs to be framed in the correct context There is nothing more of a lie than the notion that poor defenseless American boys and girls are poorly protected as they serve in Iraq. I re-printed this picture at left showing a wounded Marine being evacuated from a house in Fallujah.
[Danieldrezner.com] danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner :: Blog: Batiste said he believes that the administration's handling of the Iraq war has violated fundamental military principles, such as unity of command and unity of effort. In other interviews, Batiste has said he thinks the violation of another military principle -- ensuring there are enough forces -- helped create the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal by putting too much responsibility on incompetent officers and undertrained troops.
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