At the beginning of the Iraq war we had only committed 10,000 troops to Afghanistan. Shortly after this was reported we doubled the troops to 20,000. Although there seems to be a shortage of reporting in Afghanistan, it's my understanding that only a handful of cities are under control of the government. The rest is controlled by various warlords and a re-emerging Taliban.
Had we committed 150,000 troops and stayed out of Iraq, do you think we could have captured Bin Laden, brought more of the country under government control, and kept the goodwill of the world? Would it have given us even more leverage against Iran?
2007-01-14
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