Politics: Be Better
Here is a terrible story in which, in the latest wave of violence in Iraq, two coalition soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded in the last 24 hours.
The story also mentions how a batch of allied Iraqi security personnel were mistaken for enemy forces and fired on by U.S. personnel, killing eight and wounding five other people.
Aaron at naw pointed out earlier that with our Vietnam-like troop rotations, we will have more of this stuff to deal with, more mistakes, more death and injury and more confusion. The promise from Rumsfeld that this war wouldn't last more than 5 months has proven patently false. We've got people on the ground who didn't fight the war, who don't know who their friends and enemies are, and who are heavily armed. We also have tired, over-worked and cynical soldiers who have been lied to by their commanders and who miss their wives, children and homes.
That's a recipe for disaster.
Here is a terrible story in which, in the latest wave of violence in Iraq, two coalition soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded in the last 24 hours.
The story also mentions how a batch of allied Iraqi security personnel were mistaken for enemy forces and fired on by U.S. personnel, killing eight and wounding five other people.
Aaron at naw pointed out earlier that with our Vietnam-like troop rotations, we will have more of this stuff to deal with, more mistakes, more death and injury and more confusion. The promise from Rumsfeld that this war wouldn't last more than 5 months has proven patently false. We've got people on the ground who didn't fight the war, who don't know who their friends and enemies are, and who are heavily armed. We also have tired, over-worked and cynical soldiers who have been lied to by their commanders and who miss their wives, children and homes.
That's a recipe for disaster.
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