Comments on: Iraqis Fighting al-Qaeda http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179 High Flying Political Debate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: crosspatch http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-179518 crosspatch Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:47:56 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-179518 Anyone have some crow they can spare? Murtha's hungry: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288879,00.html Anyone have some crow they can spare? Murtha’s hungry:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288879,00.html

]]> By: crosspatch http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-179093 crosspatch Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:54:33 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-179093 With "friends" like this, who needs enemies? http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/al-qaeda-cell-i.html#comments The Blotter has (once again) tipped off terrorists in the US that we might be onto them. If we ever manage to arrest a terrorist after an attack and it is learned that they succeeded by something the media published to tip them off, I hope every single individual member of every family involved sues the media outlet for all they can get. And the individual reporters too. With “friends” like this, who needs enemies?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/al-qaeda-cell-i.html#comments

The Blotter has (once again) tipped off terrorists in the US that we might be onto them. If we ever manage to arrest a terrorist after an attack and it is learned that they succeeded by something the media published to tip them off, I hope every single individual member of every family involved sues the media outlet for all they can get. And the individual reporters too.

]]> By: lurker9876 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-178607 lurker9876 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:32:50 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-178607 What is sick is how the Democrats are harping about the Iraqi government producing nothing or almost nothing; yet, at the same time, what have they accomplished since January other than an increase in minimum wage, naming of a few new post office buildings, and a fight over the emergency defense bill? What's up with that???? Crosspatch, your description makes good sense as far as troop reduction by next spring. What is sick is how the Democrats are harping about the Iraqi government producing nothing or almost nothing; yet, at the same time, what have they accomplished since January other than an increase in minimum wage, naming of a few new post office buildings, and a fight over the emergency defense bill?

What’s up with that????

Crosspatch, your description makes good sense as far as troop reduction by next spring.

]]> By: lurker9876 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-178599 lurker9876 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:19:47 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-178599 What is sick is how the Democrats are harping about the Iraqi government producing nothing or almost nothing; yet, at the same time, what have they accomplished since January other than an increase in minimum wage, naming of a few new post office buildings, and a fight over the emergency defense bill???? Crosspatch, your description makes good sense as far as troop reduction by next spring. What is sick is how the Democrats are harping about the Iraqi government producing nothing or almost nothing; yet, at the same time, what have they accomplished since January other than an increase in minimum wage, naming of a few new post office buildings, and a fight over the emergency defense bill????

Crosspatch, your description makes good sense as far as troop reduction by next spring.

]]> By: Tony82 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-178595 Tony82 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:44:41 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-178595 AJ, Pres. Bush should hire you as a press secretary. You have been far more effective in explaining these enormous stakes than anyone in the administration has. The vast majority of the public has no idea about these kind of developments. AJ, Pres. Bush should hire you as a press secretary. You have been far more effective in explaining these enormous stakes than anyone in the administration has. The vast majority of the public has no idea about these kind of developments.

]]> By: crosspatch http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-178590 crosspatch Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:54:40 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-178590 You must remember that there really is no "surge" per se. What we had was some units already there having their tours extended at the tail end while other units that were already scheduled to deploy had their tours extended at the front end. What we really have is an "overlap" and not a "surge". Once the tours of the extended units begins to expire and they are rotated home, the numbers will drop back to pre-overlap levels. You must remember that there really is no “surge” per se. What we had was some units already there having their tours extended at the tail end while other units that were already scheduled to deploy had their tours extended at the front end. What we really have is an “overlap” and not a “surge”. Once the tours of the extended units begins to expire and they are rotated home, the numbers will drop back to pre-overlap levels.

]]> By: MerlinOS2 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-178586 MerlinOS2 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:44:20 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-178586 When the surge is done and we start to draw down our numbers, they will be left with additional local troops on a 2 or 3 to one ratio for each guy we are withdrawing. Cleared and held areas will require much less manning to hold and keep clean than areas totally not addressed due to insufficient combined manning levels. After all the violence the local town people will be much more likely to provide intel on new bad guys in town because they don't want to go back to terrorists in their midst. When the surge is done and we start to draw down our numbers, they will be left with additional local troops on a 2 or 3 to one ratio for each guy we are withdrawing.

Cleared and held areas will require much less manning to hold and keep clean than areas totally not addressed due to insufficient combined manning levels.

After all the violence the local town people will be much more likely to provide intel on new bad guys in town because they don’t want to go back to terrorists in their midst.

]]> By: MerlinOS2 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-178584 MerlinOS2 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:37:23 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-178584 Iraq is a big country and it takes time to build from scratch and Army and a police force. Right now the numbers created plus our surge troops are able to take and hold areas instead of just playing wack a mole. Yes if some bad guy seep out before you get there (try to bring thousands of troops into a province without spies and others getting a clue) they will pop up in other areas of perceived weakness with all the down side that goes along with that. But once you clear and hold you can then take a majority of those troops and use them to hit the next spot leaving enough in the old place to control security there rather than totally walking away. Also as time goes on you are training even more local recruits to stack the odds against the bad guys even more. Iraq is a big country and it takes time to build from scratch and Army and a police force.

Right now the numbers created plus our surge troops are able to take and hold areas instead of just playing wack a mole.

Yes if some bad guy seep out before you get there (try to bring thousands of troops into a province without spies and others getting a clue) they will pop up in other areas of perceived weakness with all the down side that goes along with that.

But once you clear and hold you can then take a majority of those troops and use them to hit the next spot leaving enough in the old place to control security there rather than totally walking away.

Also as time goes on you are training even more local recruits to stack the odds against the bad guys even more.

]]> By: Terrye http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179/comment-page-1#comment-178578 Terrye Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:46:47 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4179#comment-178578 Aj: I don't know if you ever read Jules Crittenden but he does a lot of war blogging and he has this interesting <a href="http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/07/10/irrational-exuberance/#comment-20734" rel="nofollow">post up </a> on what Bush is planning and how the NYT is full of it. It is worth a read. He points out that Bush has said for some time that he wants to try and bring troops home next year. Aj:

I don’t know if you ever read Jules Crittenden but he does a lot of war blogging and he has this interesting post up on what Bush is planning and how the NYT is full of it. It is worth a read. He points out that Bush has said for some time that he wants to try and bring troops home next year.

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