- "Bolster Troops on the Ground"
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- A greater military commitment now is necessary if we
are to achieve long-term success in Iraq. John McCain agrees with retired
Army General Jack Keane that there are simply not enough American forces
in Iraq. More troops are necessary to clear and hold insurgent strongholds;
to provide security for rebuilding local institutions and economies; to
halt sectarian violence in Baghdad and disarm Sunni and Shia militias;
to dismantle al Qaeda; to train the Iraqi Army; and to embed American personnel
in Iraqi police units. Accomplishing each of these goals will require more
troops and is a crucial prerequisite for needed economic and political
development in the country. America's ultimate strategy is to give Iraqis
the capabilities to govern and secure their own country."
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- Hello Jeff -- The above is from McCain's own McCain 2008
website. It is easy to see what his agenda is going to be. And it
is equally easy to see
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- that the more US troops in Iraq the greater the insurgency
(resistance).
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- Let's take some of these issues:
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- 'Train the Iraqi Army?' We have been doing that
for years. It it isn't trained by now, it is hopeless.
- Halt sectarian violence? These sects have been fighting
for hundreds of years what makes Mr. McCain think he can flood American
troops into Iraq to stop such violence? Bribery works far easier.
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- Next and very important, to 'embed American personnel
in Iraqi police units'? That would mean Americans would take orders from
Iraqis?
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- How long would all this go on for? A hundred years or
more, apparently.
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- Al Qaeda and other resistance groups will continue to
bring troops into Iraq, and find plenty of willing participants in the
country. The longer Americans are in Iraq, the more Iraqis, even those
who at one time favored the overthrow of Saddam, want America out of their
country.
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- Now, as for McCain claiming to lower taxes? Who is going
to pay for this troop buildup...and '100 years of war'? Someone pays
for this, and it is us the taxpayer.
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- Just how is Mr. McNasty going to build up troops and
equipment while lowering taxes? Has anyone ever asked him?
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- I would love to hear how this would be accomplished.
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- Patty
- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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