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Originally posted by KRL
The fuckup was thinking you could go in with 150,000 soldiers to police a completely unstable country of 30 Million.
Fucking idiots.
It takes years to rebuild and reconstitute a government. Especially when you are displacing the power structure run by the majoriy with the minority in control.
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The initial force was able to easily defeat the Iraqi military (though I thought it was taking an un-nessary risk)...but you are correct. I am not sure what made them think that they could police a land mass of that size with a population of that size if they chose to resist occupation.
What is even worse...in my opinion...is the fact that the Secretary of Defense still refuses to insert more troops. I am sure that he must have a reason for not inserting more troops...a reason that the public is unaware of. Of course one of the primary reasons is that our forces...globally are being over extended...which is the fault of the Congress approving the cut of approximately a million active duty personel beginning with President Bush Senior's admin and carried out throughout President Clinton's admin.