ESCALATION. Iraq war veteran Jon Soltz, a founder of VoteVets.org, makes a good point I’ve also heard from others who have spent time in Iraq:
A real, effective counterinsurgency force will take hundreds of thousands of troops over the course of seven-to-ten years.?It would most likely necessitate a draft.?If the President seriously thought the insurgency could be defeated, that is what he would propose.?All a 20-40,000 troop increase would be is a political move, allowing the President and Pentagon to look like they made a change in course, while not admitting control of Iraq has been lost.
Increasing the number of American targets in Iraq without creating true on the ground supremeacy for American troops will only lead to more casualties.
