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I think about 1/2 the Iraqi Military are also Militia Members and will be purged.. The ones that are going to used in Bagdad will hopfully be purged beofre they are deployed. If they use the Kurds, they will be effective and won't have a dual loyalty problem. Hakim has his own Militia, actually its called the Sadr Brigade.

The Dems are fools if they think that if the US draws down troop levels the iraqis are gona step up. The reverse is quiet true there will be blood running in the streets, the Sh!!ts want the US to draw down. That is what the Dems seem to want, let the Iraqis kill each other on a wholesale level. Iraq will start to look like Somilia the only difference will be that Iran will be the major player in the country, which is something that the Saudis, Jordians and even Israel cannot tolerate. And if they go to war and the supply of oil from the Region is threatened the US, China, India, and Japan certainily couldn't stand taht and the US will have to go back in to stabilize the situation or risk a collapse of the World Economy. That means a bigger presence than we have now. Quiet frankly that is why Bush has deployed another Carrier group to the Gulf, to protect the oil production. We will wipe Iran off the map with airstrikes, everything that moves will be smashed if the Saudi and Iran goes to war.

The point being that the US is getting its back up against the wall and when that happens the kid gloves come off and the mailed fist of the US Military goes on. If U listen to the Dems rhetoric its getting very shrill, as they realize that the US is now btween a rock and a hard place, only they want to talk and not fight our way out. However Iran has not been condusive to Diplomacy.