Best course of action in Iraq is to leave
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Author: Tom Maertens
08/23/05
The Bush administration is facing a major dilemma in Iraq. Sen. Chuck Hagel expressed it unambiguously: “The reality is that we’re losing in Iraq.” The United States doesn’t have enough troops on the ground to suppress the insurgency and has no real prospect of getting enough troops. No allies are about to commit more forces to this quagmire, and the U.S. military is stretched so badly that, as Gen. Barry McCaffrey expressed it, the wheels are coming off. …. When you are losing the war, your army is disintegrating and public support is evaporating, then the only remaining option is withdrawal...
Link: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5575522.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Author: Tom Maertens
08/23/05
The Bush administration is facing a major dilemma in Iraq. Sen. Chuck Hagel expressed it unambiguously: “The reality is that we’re losing in Iraq.” The United States doesn’t have enough troops on the ground to suppress the insurgency and has no real prospect of getting enough troops. No allies are about to commit more forces to this quagmire, and the U.S. military is stretched so badly that, as Gen. Barry McCaffrey expressed it, the wheels are coming off. …. When you are losing the war, your army is disintegrating and public support is evaporating, then the only remaining option is withdrawal...
Link: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5575522.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 25. Aug, 15:41
