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Nope. Keeping civil peace is NOT a good job for the military. That is not what they are really trained to do. More and more, they are called upon to serve this purpose, but it SUCKS. They are sitting ducks. It's like asking them to defend the low ground, while not being able to shoot back or even have live amunition in their guns. Like in Beirut nearly 30 years ago when the enlisted mens' quarters was car-bombed killing 200 of our guys. Very similar.
If we were asking them to capture and secure chunks of real estate, then they'd be doing what they love and what they're trained for. That's not the situation in Iraq. Iraq is not a war, and it is not being managed by military people. It is a police action being managed by politicians.
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