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In May 2004,1 wrote the following
to a group of fellow Air Force Academy graduates as we exchanged emails about the Iraq war:
I see the administration as generally having three choices — (1) get out now, (2) continue like we are with about 140,000 in troops while deficit-financing it all, or (3) if we are truly at war, expand the military, increase the number of forces in Iraq to 500,000 professionals and raise taxes to pay for it all (after all, doesn’t war require sacrifice?).
Tb me, the unfortunate fact of the matter is that 140,000 troops are woefully too few (and inadequately trained for the type of combat that they are being asked to do) to provide the necessary security in Iraq (25 million people; slightly larger than California) to enable Iraqi institutions to develop in any lasting, positive manner.
No one argued that 140,000 troops were sufficient to do the job in Iraq.
In late October 20041 received an email sent to about 100 fellow crew members who flew tactical reconnaissance together during the Vietnam War. The email asked us to support a “Swift Boat Vet” petition. The following was part of my response:
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