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Originally posted by bilmore
Again, Stratfor is essentially negative and wrong. Too many troops would have kept us from the worldview that we are actually going to let the Iraqis fix themselves. We kept it below imperialism - that's a big thing over there. Stratfor would have us trying to convince everyone that we had no imperialistic view, and that's an unwinnable fight if we have 300,000 over there.
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And I'm sure that the Iraqis appreciate the distinction.
So you're saying that 150,000 is just a tea party that got a little out-of-hand?