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Originally Posted by jcookc6
One point brought out above, about the shortage of manpower. Remember the 4th ID was suppose to come in through Turkey into the north of Iraq. Turkey would not allow it. If they had come in as planned alot of the things going on would have been wiped out completely before they could fester as they have. Also, they could have sealed the border with Syria.
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The belief that Turkey would allow any troops through to bolster the Kurds was a pretty bad miscalcualtion.
Even without those troops, the initial invasion went very well for the US and it's allies. It's been during the occupation that things have gone sour.