Kim & Fred Kagan at @TheStudyofWar call for 25K US troops in Iraq and Syria. A must read: http://bit.ly/1qPOQuQ
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@MaxBoot yeah, sorry, I forgot the line in Clausewutz about how war was NOT about politics.
@peterwsinger I'd say politically easier to send 25K troops now to Iraq than it was in 2007.
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@MaxBoot Woe be it on the single Battalion QRF they propose to be stuck on the ground IN SYRIA. Let alone the global strategy side. -
@peterwsinger Recall early in Syria war proposals to create "liberated" enclaves. Still a possibility.
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@MaxBoot ..a recipe for disaster on so many levels. It would undercut the sliver of regional support we now have and... -
@peterwsinger Au contraire a show of US commitment wld be likely to galvanize regional support. Arab states don't think we're serious now.
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@MaxBoot 2) Show me the Senators/prez candidates calling for that number if so easier. -
@peterwsinger How many senators/prez candidates calling for surge in 2006?
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@MaxBoot "...are willing and able to fight alongside the U.S. and our partners against ISIS." Wrong order of steps and Bad, bad assumption. -
@MaxBoot Again, I don't expect you to defend their plan...I just posted that it was a bright spot of (unintentional) humor in a dark day. -
@peterwsinger The Kagans are first-rate analysts & their plan deserves more serious consideration than it can get in 140 characters! -
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@MaxBoot The Kagans are first-rate analysts & their plan deserves more consideration than it can get in 140 characters!”@scotthortonshow -
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@MaxBoot decide what to do next based on us "validating the assumption that the sunni Arab communities in Iraq and Syria...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
@MaxBoot 3) the politics that makes this so silly is not just US domestic but regional. sending (not enough) US troops into Syria is...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
@MaxBoot 1) their proposal is for Iraq AND SYRIA. In the business we call that a "slight difference."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
@MaxBoot notice I haven't even started to get to the part where they propose we plunk battalion size force in Syria (oh, just 1) and thenThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
@MaxBoot@peterwsinger Why don't you show us all how important it is for Americans to go die and kill by volunteering?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
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