since soon after the war began there has been people, including myself, arguing against any timetable for the withdrawl of troops from iraq. now that i'm here i have the privilage of seeing our reasoning proved true.
there were 2 main arguments made against a timetable. 1) it's a big morale boost to a nearly beaten enemy to realize they only have to survive till a certain date in order to claim victory and 2) that same enemy will launch larger and more numerous attacks as the day approaches so they can say their attacks drove us out.
it's hard to gage the first argument, but the second one seems to be fairly accurate. we're receiving word that units and locations that haven't been attacked for months are suddenly coming under motar attack, small arms fire, or increased IED implacements.
the most dangerous part of any mission is the exfiltration. on tactical missions into cities we have sergeants and officers to do everything they can to limit the dangers. for the strategic mission into iraq we have politicians increasing them. thank you Mr. President.
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