Iraq Insurgency Larger Than Thought
“Estimates of the insurgents’ manpower tend to be too low. Last week, a former coalition official said 4,000 to 5,000 Baathists form the core of the insurgency, with other attacks committed by a couple hundred supporters of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and hundreds of other foreign fighters.”
Get ready for the draft. Not only doesn’t the administration understand the size and nature of it’s “enemy” but, it doesn’t even know who they are. How can we confidently support our elected leaders this quagmyre any further? How can we support an administration that contradicts the Pentagon, the intelligence community and senior military officers on daily basis? How can we trust that they are comptent to lead us to peace?