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What bothers me even more is the further straining of U.S. military manpower capability. We already entered Iraq woefully undermanned, which led to many unneeded deaths since the conflict began. If troops are sent into Syria or Iran, not only will those troops not have large enough numbers to properly do their jobs and guarantee their own safety, but troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are going to be left in even worse shape than they are now. This paradox that the Bush administration has created for itself; let's go fight a conflict requiring X number of troops, but only send .5X or .3X so that we don't upset the citizenry too much, is only going to lead to even more unnecessary death and loss.
I was always taught to do the job right, or don’t do it at all. Too bad no-one in Washington can see things through that far ahead.
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