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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I don't have any real handle on the situation there. I'm not sure that a few more ground troops are going to make the difference. This is from Juan Cole's site:
- In a CNN interview retired General Barry MacCaffrey said that the task of the US is to regain control of Baghdad and restore its lines of communication in the South. He gave away a great deal. One may conclude that a) the US has lost control of Baghdad and b) the US communications and supply lines in the South have been cut. That is, a year after the fall of Saddam, the US faces the task of reconquering the country.
Could we regain control if we doubled the number of soldiers we have there? I don't know.
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I don't have the answers, either, but this needs to get under control quick or GWB is going to loose support quickly. Not that I think Kerry would be able to do a better job, but if things don't get better quick in Iraq, GWB can kiss a second term good-bye.
