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Originally Posted by Nephythys
Even he, as a Dem, can see the Dems are putting political power over the safety of our country.
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A democrat in the grand tradition of Zell Miller. C'mon, the reason this guy considers himself a dem is solely based on his pro gun legislation stance. Otherwise, he has always been pro-war, pro-bush, and anti-gay. So I'm not in the least surprised that he feels the way he does.
And his view that we are winning the war in Iraq and on Terrorism in general has no basis in reality. Y'all can keep repeating those lines as much as possible. It doesn't change the fact that it isn't true. Just listen to what the military leaders are saying. They are there and they understand that they are in a hopeless situation.
And the sad fact is, I think that most republicans understand this as well. Unfortunately, it is more important to retain power than to try to figure out a way to putting an end to our soldiers being killed on a daily basis in an unwinnable war, simply because the administration refuses to admit that they erred in starting this war.
And yet, had they paid any attention to
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A series of secret U.S. war games in 1999 showed that an invasion and post-war administration of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, nearly three times the number there now.
And even then, the games showed, the country still had a chance of dissolving into chaos.
In the simulation, called Desert Crossing, 70 military, diplomatic and intelligence participants concluded the high troop levels would be needed to keep order, seal borders and take care of other security needs.
The documents came to light Saturday through a Freedom of Information Act request by George Washington University's National Security Archive, an independent research institute and library.
"The conventional wisdom is the U.S. mistake in Iraq was not enough troops," said Thomas Blanton, the archive's director. "But the Desert Crossing war game in 1999 suggests we would have ended up with a failed state even with 400,000 troops on the ground."
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