Many conservatives (e.g., Victor Davis Hanson) have criticized the administration for not acting more aggressively against the insurgency. I have thought that they were right to do so.
However, the administration may have a good argument. Despite propaganda to the opposite, we are not occupiers. We are there to help the Iraqis. I think that letting the Iraqis themselves defeat the insurgents and actually win their own independence is a smart idea. As I have said before, people MUST earn their freedom. The "quagmire" may just be the necessary delay while we develop a capable Iraqi force.
There are now 95,000 equipped and trained Iraqi forces. By mid 2005 there will be over 200,000. (Rumsfeld). Isn't this better than adding US troops? Do you not think that the situation in Iraq will be dramatically different with nearly a quarter million Iraqi national troops doing the hard work?
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