Originally Posted by Guest

That has sort of been discussed. Not being rude, but we are where we are, but people are hung up on this.

Yes to your point; if you read the inside of this story, most in the U.S. govt were thinking in the neighborhood of 10,000 troops for some time (Gates even said that), but then the Arab Spring came and Iraq got all caught up in that. The only point, and it is just based on some readin is that Iraq, if pressured even slightly would have agreed to troops. We decided not to pursue it.

Question still is about today's events, and I still ask the question...where is that 60 nation coalition relative to ground troops because from all reports we need that ground support if for nothing else to support the air program.