Posted by
Tim Blessing on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:28:45 PM
Iraq is a problem that dominate's every other issue. I guess what everyone want's to know is when does it become totally non devicise. If the enemy is still intent on fighting even if its desparate suicide attacks then it play's on television.
Television is the key. If 10 die today, 70 tomorrow, and so on then its going to be on the nightime news.
If you watch cable news then you know what's going on around the clock.
The public want's it resolved, but they don't know how to resolve it.
What's important to us? The oil regions mainly.
What's important to Bush? That Iraq remain Iraq with a democratic government.
Ultimately, the question is when can the Iraqi Military stand on its own two feet without us in anything more than minimal presence?
How many soldiers and marines are in South Korea and Germany?
I am not an expert in numbers, but 75000 military people in Iraq would go a long way to reducing the festering cauldron that give's the insurgents their recruits for the resistance.
A discrete presence if you will. This will make the surrounding governments less nervous.