Monday, June 06, 2011

iraq withdrawal: here we go again, JUST LEAVE!


Even as the American military winds down its eight-year war in Iraq, commanders are bracing for what they fear could be the most dangerous remaining mission: getting the last troops out safely.
The resurgent threat posed by militants was underscored Monday when rockets slammed into a military base in eastern Baghdad, killing six service members in the most deadly day for American forces here since 2009. 
OK Here it is:  leave everything there, bring the troops home. the strykers in this picture are beat to crap, driven more miles than designed, the cost of repair too great, costs too much to fly them home. just leave the tanks, the vehicles, everything, in Iraq - disable them somehow, cheaply, quickly.  bring the troops home.  Do what we have done so far in pacifying areas: engage in bribery, payoffs, pay insurgents not to shoot at the troops.  Honestly, i could assemble a group of graduate students to come up with a withdrawal policy, that would protect our troops, be cost effective,  and quick.  this picture above is nuts:  we dont want the vehicles, the equipment - just leave it there, disable the weapons systems, blow up the remaining bombs and  ordinance - everyone knows (yes, everyone in the Pentagon) that our Army and Marine corps is broke, troops exhausted, too many tours of duty, the equipment is crapped out, obsolete, lasted much longer than designed, - our attention should be on manufacturing new equipment that we need for our new wars (small, elite units, temporary conflicts, quick response), helping exhausted troops to recover, recruiting new troops, and caring for our injured, caring for the families who have lost members.  Who are these reporters who  come up with such lame news stories?  besides, we will always have some troops in Iraq, that was the idea all along.  why withdraw all troops when we have such a great strategic location?  Look on a map - we are edged in between Syria and Iran, with our troops, thats like Syria or Iran having troops in canada and mexico, why would they ever withdraw them?  So yeah, we are never going to withdraw all the troops, and further withdrawals should be people only, leave the beat up equipment there its not worth bringing it home.

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