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Old 01-11-2007, 04:47 PM
nicky g nicky g is offline
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Default Re: No Comments on Bush\'s Speech

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Instead of clearing an area and moving on, the extra troops will allow a core of peronnel (combination Iraqi and US) behind to keep it clean. The number of troops was chosen to result in a 50:1 ratio of population to troops. Currently once an area is cleared troops move on leaving a vacuum for the insurgents to stream back into.

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Pretty amazing it took them three years to figure that out.
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