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While Paris burns...
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Originally posted by Gattigap
Not my fight (at least at the moment), but I'm assuming that Ty's point is that the leap from Afghanistan to Iraq drew many of the best minds in the govt (intel, etc, -- not just infantry) away from Afghanistan, where OBL was (and essentially is still) hanging out. I remember reading this somewhere several months ago, and can try to dig it up if you find this a baffling concept.
And as for the need to find another 100k troops, see my link to the interview with the generals. While it would be nice to have another 100k in theatre (though they don't exist) I think they also mention the fact that Afghanistan is underserved by troops. We've essentially subcontracted a lot of work to the local warlords, with decidedly mixed results.
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Have you seen the reports about the offensive we're planning into the border regions to go after OBL? Why didn't we do this last year? Units were moved from Afghanistan to Iraq.
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