[lbo-talk] TLF's Iraq cure: hair of dog that bit you

[Jim Devine]

it's true that massive infusions of US troops into Iraq might solve
the problem (flooding the country with law and order). But the US not
only lacks the troops, but its stated goals in the war are bogus (and
its real goals indefensible) while its strategy and tactics used so
far have simply increased the need for troops... To successfully apply
this "Hillary" strategy would have to involve a complete change of
attitudes and top personnel. Not bloody likely.

On 3/31/06, Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> March 31, 2006
>
> Iraq at the 11th Hour
>
> By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
>
> The fate of the entire U.S. enterprise in Iraq now hangs in the balance, as
> the war has entered a dangerous new phase. It is the phase of barbaric
> identity-card violence between Sunnis and Shiites. ... There is only one
> hope for halting this slide and that is the formation ... the deployment on
> the streets — immediately — of massive numbers of troops and police, both
> Iraqi and American, to prevent more of these tribal killings. ...

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Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence
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