mmm but if the perception of US troops by the average resident of Sadr City has gone from liberator to oppressor, I am not sure that will work. If in fact the people fighting the troops are from elsewhere, better border control would help. But we aren't able to do that here, and we have people who speak the languages in question. And I am not sure that the fighters are all foreign. Not, I hasten to add, that I have any expertise in Iraq. Maybe a little in Arabs.
On 12/14/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > I know I have made the comparison before but how did the British > disengage > > from Belfast? Because I really think it's a similar situation. We have > > become the problem. > > > > The US has failed to secure Iraq despite being in-country for years. > So the question becomes why can't the US secure it? 2 answers: > > 1.) Terrorists are flocking in. Some to shoot at Americans, others > for who-knows-why. > 2.) The US is unable to to stop #1. > > So, at a minimum, we're looking at a failure of leadership starting at > the President. > > Now - where do we go from here? Well, we can try: > > 1.) Locking down the borders with more troops and securing the > country. What happens now that there's law and order? > > 2.) We can pull back (not out) and see if the number of incoming and > active terrorists diminishes such that the Iraqis can restore law and > order. What happens? > > Personally I don't think #2 will work so the only solution is more troops. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188104 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
