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2006-04-10 Home Front: Politix

Colin on Que: U.S. mistakes hurting Iraq now

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-04-10 16:39|| || Front Page|| [13 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "We didn't have enough troops on the ground. We didn't impose our will. And as a result, an insurgency got started, and ... it got out of control."

We didn't have enough troops on the ground in Texas, the New Mexico or Dakota Territories either. Somehow we muddle through. To include a year without funding because the Democrats obstructed the budget. Took an Apache raid into Texas to convince that Dem delegation that it might be a good idea to have the Army actually operating on the border. Hindsight is always 20/20. By the Way, o'Colin, what was Roosevelt/Truman's master plan for post war Germany and Japan? Not that we had a few years working our way there to have something in place when the dust settled.

Posted by Thrish Elmiling4684 2006-04-10 22:35|| 2006-04-10 22:35|| Front Page Top

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