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2007-12-25 Home Front: Politix

A Democrat's new plan for Iraq troop withdrawal: Move them to Afghanistan

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-12-25 11:05|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 So many foreign policy "geniuses" in that congress. Those liberal arts degrees and law degrees make a military tactics expert almost overnight.

Heck, if they keep it up and continue to step over the executive branch, may as well get rid of the pentagon, the generals, the president, and let congress run it all since they are so "competent" in such matters.

the bright ideas club strikes again.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-12-25 11:20|| 2007-12-25 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 This might be a good idea, if for the wrong reasons. That is, redeploying personnel to Afghanistan if they are no longer needed in Iraq would allow them to stay in theater instead of sending them to Europe or the US. While Afghanistan may not need them directly, they would strongly impact both Iran and Pakistan.

Iran would then have two "major" fronts to worry about, that is, US ground forces in two countries instead of ground forces in one and an airbase in the other.

Plus Afghanistan could be policed up and repaired faster, and its border with Pakistan secured more, so that the Pak army could "hammer into anvil" its own problems.

We could severely crunch the opium production and secure the Pushtun South so that it is less troublesome.

Management of the Pushtun could be much like how General Crook managed the Apaches, cutting those not loyal to the central government off from the Taliban and drug gangs into what would amount to reservations.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-12-25 11:29|| 2007-12-25 11:29|| Front Page Top

#3 What's wrong with Okinawa?

Posted by John Q. Murtha 2007-12-25 12:11|| 2007-12-25 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 The Onion had a good suggestion for a withdrawal plan a couple of years ago. "'We'll just go East, through Iran,' Bush said."

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-12-25 20:22|| 2007-12-25 20:22|| Front Page Top

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