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What do we owe them in return? An honest debate and some tough questions that soldiers by definition cannot outwardly ask or answer. We should be asking straight questions: Do we have enough troops? Is the war winnable? Should we redeploy to safer bases, or should we be a more muscular presence on the streets of Iraq? "Emily was just a problem solver," one of her West Point friends told me. Iraq may have defied solution so far, but we owe her a continued, honest effort. For a longer version, go to time.com where this was the most popular story...
...only answer in my estimation is to redeploy as quickly as possible to the periphery of Iraq. A number of people are beginning to recognize that that's the only answer. That would give the Iraqis the incentive to take over their own country...
...withdrawal could help the U.S. redeploy to fight terrorists elsewhere. Iraq has placed a particular strain on forces belonging to the Pentagon and the CIA. The U.S. Special Operations Command, which Rumsfeld has ordered to lead the Pentagon's part of the war on terrorism, has 88% of its 7,000-odd commandos deployed overseas assigned to the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. The CIA's clandestine service has only about 900 to 1,000 operatives, a large number of whom have rotated in and out of its Baghdad station, which has had as many as 500 spies and analysts...
...does not have a troop shortage; it has misdeployed the troops. The thousands of active-duty U.S. service members sitting on their duffs in Europe and Japan far exceed any alleged shortage in Iraq and Afghanistan. If the slow-moving, bureaucratic Pentagon would take the obvious step and redeploy some of those troops, there would be no talk of a shortage. Frank Bubb Boca Raton, Florida...
...does not have a troop shortage; it has misdeployed the troops. The thousands of active-duty U.S. service members sitting on their duffs in Europe and Japan far exceed any alleged shortage in Iraq and Afghanistan. If the slow-moving, bureaucratic Pentagon would take the obvious step and redeploy some of these troops, there would be no talk of a shortage. Frank Bubb Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. A person would have to be nuts to join any branch of the U.S. military now. The National Guard and Army Reserve were supposed to be ready reserve troops, not an invading...