David Frum: The consequences for the region and the world will be grim.

[kpete]

Jul. 26, 2006: Iraq: New Plan Wanted


Hands up, everybody who believes that the "hundreds" of troops that the Pentagon plans to move from the rest of Iraq into Baghdad will suffice to secure the capital against the sectarian militias now waging war upon the civilian populations of the city? Anybody? No, I didn't think so.

To take back the capital from the militias that now terrorize it will take thousands, not hundreds, of American plus tens of thousands of Iraqis. No sector in Iraq can spare the loss of so many forces (our current troubles in Anbar date back to the decision in 2004 to shift troops from Anbar to the siege of Fallujah - when they returned, they discovered that every pro-US informant and ally in the province had been murdered, usually horribly and publicly). So a real plan for success in Baghdad will have to be built upon additional troops from out of area, potentially raising US troop levels back up to the 150,000 or so of late 2005.

Manifestly, neither the administration nor the Congress will contemplate such a move. Which means, most likely, continuing violence in Iraq and a continuing rise in the power of the militias, especially the Iranian-backed Shiite militias: the Hezbollah of Iraq.

What then? Well, then ...

more at:
http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTgyMTUzNmY3OGZhNTg5MDVlMGZkNzFjMTc5MTRhZTM=

[QuestionAll...]

1. fucking slow learner, ain't he?

didn't take years for most of us to figure this out.
what an assholio who contributed to the Excess of Evil.

[jonnyblitz]

2. interesting to read this from him.

I should probably read National Review more often. I don't have the stomach for RW sites at the moment but it's always good to know their spin on things and the National Review is supposed to be an "intellectual" conservative source.

[wordpix2]

3. when Asshat & Associates send their own kids in, I will start listening

until then, they continue to "stay the course" and I reamin opposed to thir dangerous moronic "leadership."