[lit-ideas] Re: Afghanistan & Al Quaeda
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:24:19 -0800
If things are going as well as Christopher Hitchens describes in the
following two articles; then we can probably get out of Iraq fairly quickly:
http://www.slate.com/id/2134378/?nav=navoa
http://www.slate.com/id/2134761/
Although there might be political reasons for keeping some troops there,
just as we keep them in South Korea, to keep pressure on a neighboring
state. The military option is not "off the table" in regard to Iran.
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Afghanistan & Al Quaeda
This is exactly Murtha's argument for pulling out of Iraq.
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From: Lawrence <mailto:lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Helm
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Sent: 1/25/2006 3:31:40 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Afghanistan & Al Quaeda
As to why the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan, I suspect the primary
reason is that we have been attempting elaborate military actions with a
volunteer force. I like the idea of a volunteer force because of my
association with the Marine Corps, but I can see that our ability to project
boots on the ground is limited with such a force. Since we are stuck with
an all-volunteer force we must become more adept at shifting troops around
and despite what Osama said in his last speech, Afghanistan seems a good
place to reduce troops.
Lawrence
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