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Well, if we wanted to vaporise every man, woman and child in the said 30-mile radius, we could be done before lunch. My personal philosophy is such that if you're not prepared to do that, you have no business invading.
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Well said. Perhaps too much of a generality, but it seems to apply perfectly to the middle east.
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Do we want to reinforce our struggling forces in Iraq ? Of course. Not since the Alamo has reinforcements made more sense. Why hide the question in an ambiguous word? Surge, please..... Give the troops what they need to win. If they can, our troops will win.
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no they will not. for every man they kill, two more like him will come up. The fact is, that country was quite stable while saddam was in power. He was also able to intimidate his neighbors away from seeking nukes. Now that we went in and got rid of the head honcho, we cannot win. The other option is a complete withdrawl. we will be safe, they will likely be in a quite bloody civil war. Instigated by us. Quite frankly, that is not an option. It is an inevitability. Keeping troops/surging troops in iraq is simply postponing it. Leaving now would bring iraq into complete bloody chaos, but the idea that this war can be won is foolish.