Thursday, August 19, 2004
Fatal Flaw in Kerry Plan
USA Today finally discovers the fatal flaw in the plan to replace American troops with troops from our allies. They don't have any!
[H]elp in Iraq isn't likely to be on the way anytime soon - at least not in numbers that would change the U.S. burden.Even in Afghanistan, where our allies are "stretched thin", non-US security forces amount to only 6,500 troops. So John Kerry, where is this bonanza of allied soldiers going to be coming from? Iran?
Since the Cold War, Europe has slashed defense budgets, and NATO already is stretched thin stabilizing Afghanistan. Even if more forces were found, the question remains: How would their inevitably small numbers change the role of the 140,000 U.S. troops already there?
