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2003-12-04 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-12-04 2:10:25 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A 1000 troop militia won't be a threat to constitutional govt. If the militia numbers creep up to the 20,000 mark, then worry.

Posted by mhw 2003-12-4 8:11:48 AM|| 2003-12-4 8:11:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 That's what I love about this admin, common sense seems to rule the day. If properly trained, this seems like a good idea to me. It's as many soldiers as we are getting from Japan, but they are home-grown and battle hardened. It's not too big and not too small to manage. Properly trained, I think this might be a good way to employ a population that we'd rather have fighting with us than against us.

Posted by B 2003-12-4 8:23:42 AM|| 2003-12-4 8:23:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 whats good about the this admin is that they can correct mistakes. Whats bad is that they allow internal splits to cause them in the first place. If these guys had been on the ground in APRIL we could have headed off alot of the trouble before it began to snowball. But State and CIA didnt like these guys, so it wasnt done.

The army will take quite some time to form.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-12-4 9:08:44 AM|| 2003-12-4 9:08:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It sounds like a strike force made up of people who have been resisting Saddam as opposed to the new Iraqi army which is made up of former Saddam soldiers. The army can be used to guard facilities while this strike force will go on the attack. Sounds good.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-4 10:52:27 AM|| 2003-12-4 10:52:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 These are the Boots that are needed. Keep in mind the idea of earning your freedom. We can't give it to them, and if we did they would consider it no honor. When I read histories of our revolution I'm filled with a pride that those folks won our independance even though the French were involved. So saddle up the Iraqi militia and clean up your "dirty carpet".

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-4 1:30:49 PM|| 2003-12-4 1:30:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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