Really quick comments before I go to class…
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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
You seem to forget we had the same problem in Afghanistan.
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You’re right. We’ve done such a great job in Afghanistan to date that only the Kabul area is actually controlled by Afghanistan’s “government.” Warlords control more than 90% of the country.
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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
Umm.... You are throwing those statistics way out of context. You are assuming that more troops means you are better off finding Bin Laden despite the fact that your statistics state nothing about what type of soilder they are. A mechanic isn't gong to do the job of a special ops person. Also, you are assuming that Osama is still in Afghanistan which I don't think many people believe he is at this point and if he isn't there is nothing we can do but sit on our hands.
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You can’t possibly believe that we have 123,000 mechanics in Iraq. Those troop counts came from rough estimates from the defense department. If you really want me to look up all the different numbers related to how many of which kinds of troops we have over there, I will, but I don’t have the time right now.
I’m not assuming that Osama is still in Afghanistan. I thought I made it pretty clear that I meant to say it would have been more likely for us to find Osama, probability-wise, if we had sent ~150,000 troops into Afghanistan (starting from the very beginning in 2001), instead of going into Iraq. That’s kind of related to this thread, probabilities. You’re right that many people believe Osama slipped into Pakistan, but we did have a chance at finding and capturing him in Afghanistan, at the very least, at Tora Bora, but he apparently slipped away.
I’ve got to go to class now. No time to edit...