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2005-09-13 Iraq-Jordan

Talabani sez Iraq ready to replace 50,000 US troops

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-13 00:54|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 50,000 in a few months time - wow if thats true and lets hope it is if stability can be maintaned without them

Posted by Shep UK 2005-09-13 05:11|| 2005-09-13 05:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I liked the part where Talibani gave Assad some lip. If they think they can talk trash to Syria and actually back it up, things are definitiely headed in the right direction. At this rate, the dhimmicrats will need new talking points by October 2006.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-09-13 08:24|| 2005-09-13 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 1. the question is SHOULD you withdraw 40,000 just cause you CAN. Right now, lets be honest, theres still plenty of bad happening in Iraq. Two thirds of the country is relatively safe, but control of Anbar provinces is precarious, and theres still terrorist violence in and around Baghdad. So do you "stand down, as the Iraqis stand up" so there are STILL just enough troops to contain the violence? Or do you stand WITH the Iraqi forces, so you actually have enough troops to beat the insurgency? Thats a big decision. Lets hope its made based on the sitution in Iraq.

2. The congressional elections in 2006 will likely be decided on domestic issues, as most congressional elections are.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-09-13 10:07|| 2005-09-13 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 John McCain: "I've got an idea for our Pentagon planners," he said. "The day I can land at the airport in Baghdad and ride in an unarmored car down the highway to the Green Zone is the day I'll start considering withdrawal from Iraq."

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-09-13 10:16|| 2005-09-13 10:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's send McCain out in that car and see if we're ready.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-09-13 10:20|| 2005-09-13 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Of course, Talabani might reconsider when he realizes that the Iraqi army is getting the equivalent of about $15 Billion of the best military training on the planet for free right now. US Brigade, Division and Corps-level organizational planning, training and operations are worth their weight in gold.

Most national armies are organized around battallion operations. They just don't have the skill to mount consolidated brigade operations. But individual battallions are usually outmatched against a consolidated Brigade of equal size. A consolidated division can mop the floor with a half-dozen paper divisions of similar size.

On top of that, we have re-created their officer corps and training academies for officers and NCOs, but they still need a C&GS(*) school for their new breed senior officers. With that final addition, they would be up to NATO standards and could continue top-to-bottom everything for themselves.

(*) Ours was first created by WT Sherman, a fine gentleman.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-13 12:12|| 2005-09-13 12:12|| Front Page Top

#7 LH, the people McCain (RINO-Arizona) should be lecturing aren't the "Pentagon planners", they're the Democrats.

If the Treason Party had its way, we'd have surrendered already.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-13 12:40|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-13 12:40|| Front Page Top

#8 (*) Ours was first created by WT Sherman, a fine gentleman.

Being a southerner I wouldn't call him a "Gentleman" by any means.
Depends on who's ox gets gored.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-13 14:22|| 2005-09-13 14:22|| Front Page Top

#9 War is hell.

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-13 19:32|| 2005-09-13 19:32|| Front Page Top

#10 hoq about we take 40k out of the middle of shia country and kurdland then ship 20k home and move the other 20k to Anbar province

Posted by mhw 2005-09-13 21:30|| 2005-09-13 21:30|| Front Page Top

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