Republican National Convention '08

innerSpaceman · 09-08-2008, 07:11 AM

And so, did we need more troops to turn over Anbar to the Sunni? Once the place was already ethnically cleansed, who's left to kill anyway?

How many more brigades were required to arm the folks who used to shoot at us? How long will the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend last anyhow?

What does any of the violence reduction have to do with the surge except for coincidental timing?

(Actually, I think some of the violence in Baghdad was quelled by the presence of more troops at the start of the surge ... but as you can tell from my somewhat rhetorical questions, I don't think it's been responsible for the overall reduction in Iraq violence.)

09-08-2008, 07:11 AM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	And so, did we need more troops to turn over Anbar to the Sunni? Once the place was already ethnically cleansed, who's left to kill anyway? How many more brigades were required to arm the folks who used to shoot at us? How long will the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend last anyhow? What does any of the violence reduction have to do with the surge except for coincidental timing? (Actually, I think some of the violence in Baghdad was quelled by the presence of more troops at the start of the surge ... but as you can tell from my somewhat rhetorical questions, I don't think it's been responsible for the overall reduction in Iraq violence.)
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