What if you put all 120,000 US troops + coalition forces to seal Iraqi border instead of slugging it out in the streets of Baghdad and other combat zones?
Granting it's almost impossible to put ground forces on all points in & out of Iraq (particularly those it share w/ Iran, Syria), my impression is that, with US superiority in electronic warfare capabilities (satellites, drones, remote sensors), it doesn't even have to put ground forces everywhere.
Not enough equipments? What it lack in equipments...they can build.
What about the Billion-$ price tag to maintain it? I'm sure money is no object if to consider the moral and political value of each soldier killed. Besides, it is already an expensive war.
This way, US and Coalition forces can hand over the combat duties to Iraqi forces where it should be. With no weapons and supplies coming in for the militias, even a weak Iraqi security force can now handle the job.
It may be easier said than done...but it sure can be done.
2006-12-28
22:39:22
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