tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post110481886032593122..comments2023-10-24T07:06:36.815-07:00Comments on Small Precautions: More insurgents than U.S. soldiers?Nilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04220861634503974376noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post-1105041862853357262005-01-06T12:04:00.000-08:002005-01-06T12:04:00.000-08:00My point behind the posting was not to endorse Shi...My point behind the posting was not to endorse Shinseki's argument that we need more troops in Iraq. Rather, I wanted to communicate the scale of the insurgency that we face.<br /><br />With that said, Zak, I do think the U.S. would have been fucked in Iraq no matter how the war had been executed, with the possible exception that if it had been done with the full support of the international community, it <EM>might</EM> have had a small chance of success, in that the international legitimacy would have had massive morale (and moral) implications.Nilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04220861634503974376noreply@blogger.com