We can't control one street - I don't think 20,000 more troops are going to help

ck4829

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Thu Jan-18-07 10:36 PM
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We can't control one street - I don't think 20,000 more troops are going to help

Edited on Thu Jan-18-07 10:36 PM by ck4829

While Bush was talking about the "new way forward", our troops had to contain a two mile stretch of road, and the battle for Haifa Street didn't go as planned. It's not clear who won or lost on the battle for a road.

We're going to need more that a larger number of troops if we want to win.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_for_Haifa_Street

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