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Originally Posted by Fear-And-Loathing
...The first one I think is the most important. If the US would deploy large amounts of troops in the area, enough to protect the borders and quell the insurgency then there would be no problem. Prove that we can completely eradicate their leadership and prevent weapons from crossing the border...
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i agree we need more troops in iraq.
that's one thing i've never understood:
why in
1990, when we were only driving iraq out of kuwait, did we send
500,000 troops,
but to defeat and occupy the entire country in
2003, we only sent
150,000.
always seemed backwards to me.