Ruby: That assumption relies on having 300,000 troops to insert in 2003…not 2006. Doubling the number of troops in 2006 would not have had the same effect as the few that were put in, because CI requires the participation of the local indigenous population, you know the folks who live there. To give a damn they have to do at least some of the heavy lifting while undergoing OJT. 300,000 screams occupation not liberation and target rich would not describe the reaction of Iraqi’s and Iranian’s and Turks and Syrians and and and. It is a large part of the excuse what caused Bin Laddie to get his panties in a wad to begin with. Turkey shoot more like. Our guys are worth more than to abuse them in such a manner.

And other than CI, rebuilding was supposed to be the forte of the NGO and DoS. It is the reality of Iraq that had made it a function of the Marines.