The US is going to have to make some tough decisions?

[rodeodance]

The US is going to have to make some tough decisions?

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> Generals fault Iraqi security forces
> The national police are riddled with corruption and sectarianism,
> U.S. military leaders say.
> By Tina Susman and Garrett Therolf, LATimes Staff Writers
> June 11, 2007
>
> BAGHDAD — Two U.S. generals gave poor marks Sunday to Iraqi security
> forces for a lack of readiness, assessments that bode ill for Iraq's
> ability to fend for itself as pressure builds in Washington to draw
> down American troops.
>
> Though both military leaders said Iraqi soldiers had made progress in
> recent months, one said the Shiite-led Iraqi army lacked top-notch
> senior officers. Both described the national police force as riddled
> with corruption and sectarianism. One general told reporters that in
> his area of command, the situation was so dire that the U.S. military
> was looking to fill the void by arming Sunni Arabs linked to tribal
> sheiks and militant groups who were willing to work with Americans
> enforcing security.
>
> The comments came on another day of bloodshed across Iraq, where at
> least 36 people were reported killed in bombings and other attacks.
> The deadliest incident occurred in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad,
> when a suicide bomber slammed a tanker truck laden with explosives
> into a police building. The structure collapsed, and at least 15
> people died, police said.
>
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>
> But, he added, those 18 provinces "being completely self-reliant is a
> ways off."

[EVDebs]

1. To draft or not to draft, that is the question

The destruction of the Republican party accompanied by the erosion of our military. How far will they go ? This is Chinese water torture for the DoD, who will slowly realize it. Take away the kool-aid and their budgets get cut and enlistments cease.

The time is fast approaching.

[acmavm]

2. Why? Chimpy says we'll be there for 50 years. What's to

decide?

:sarcasm: