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Military releases figures: 50,000 insurgents killed or captured and we haven't made a dent in it. (Source: Drew Brown, Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
The Pentagon's estimated number of insurgents last year was 20,000. They still estimate it's 20,000.
Insurgents' ranks are being replenished as quickly as they are depleted, said Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a research center in Washington, and the co-author of its Iraq Index, which tracks statistics in key areas such as security and economics.
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Meanwhile the insurgents seem to have a never-ending supply of recruits. Why?
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Are we training our own future enemies?
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We are losing this war.
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What should we do?
( Read more... )
The bone-headed maneuver that saddled the US with Iraq's security.
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Slimebuckets at the feeding trough of US aid.
( Read more... )
US failed hopes of a foothold and oil interests in the area.
The US government needs to abandon its pipedream to have any control of Iraq. We've been used, and will continue to be used so long as we remain. We lost this war the moment we defied international law and set foot in Iraq.
The Pentagon's estimated number of insurgents last year was 20,000. They still estimate it's 20,000.
Insurgents' ranks are being replenished as quickly as they are depleted, said Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a research center in Washington, and the co-author of its Iraq Index, which tracks statistics in key areas such as security and economics.
( Read more... )
Meanwhile the insurgents seem to have a never-ending supply of recruits. Why?
( Read more... )
Are we training our own future enemies?
( Read more... )
We are losing this war.
( Read more... )
What should we do?
( Read more... )
The bone-headed maneuver that saddled the US with Iraq's security.
( Read more... )
Slimebuckets at the feeding trough of US aid.
( Read more... )
US failed hopes of a foothold and oil interests in the area.
The US government needs to abandon its pipedream to have any control of Iraq. We've been used, and will continue to be used so long as we remain. We lost this war the moment we defied international law and set foot in Iraq.
