Thursday, January 19, 2006

U.S. fights insurgents? grip on Iraqi oil city - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com


U.S. fights insurgents grip on Iraqi oil city - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com
This story speaks volumes about the need early on in the Iraq War for adequate numbers of troops. You cannot occupy a country—any country—with air power and smart bombs, you need boots on the group, you need presence. Because the civilian leadership in Washington lead by Bush failed the military, young men and women continue to die unnecessarily, the lesson of Vietnam all but forgotten, but the stain of that war is worn on every American uniform, a vivid reminder of failed and inept civilian leadership.

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