Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense, is saying that if things continue in the trend that they are going in Iraq, we may be able to reduce our troop presence down from 168,000 down to 100,000.
I've been telling people this for a long time. Want our American troops to go home in a hurry? Stop fighting. Stop planting bombs. Stop random killings of innocent Iraqis. We'd have no reason to stay if that happened.
However, with Iran and Moqtada al-Sadr wanting to have a show of force, we're going to stay there until they are done for. That's what people don't get. We're going to stay there until things calm down. We're killing insurgents and Al-Qaeda at a rate of 1,500 a month. Sooner or later, their guys are going to see that going into that line of work isn't the best for your health.
Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com
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