Just to be clear
I was watching a campaign ad for some politician. In the ad an opponent was dispariged for wanting to send more troops to Iraq. While I don’t know anything about either person in the race, I _do_ think that sending more troops should at least be considered. One of the reasons, in my opinion, that Iraq has gone so poorly is that the troops have been understaffed. Generals predicted that we would need several hundred thousand troops in Iraq to quell the violence after the toppling of Saddam.
See, no matter what one thinks of this war, it’s important to not lose site of the fact that we ARE already there. The reasons for going were lies. The mission was a fools errand, but, we ARE there. As an American I think we are compelled to do the right thing. We OUGHT to fix this mess. Maybe the answer is to pull out, I don’t know, I don’t pretend to know. However, sending more troops shouldn’t be off the table. I’ll tell you this…neither side will do that. As I see it, because of the current political situation, we have two choices. Pull out and let the place degrade to chaos, or stay and let undermanned troops die. It’s a flase dilemma created by the inept children who are running our great nation into the ground.
* EDIT typo *