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Originally Posted by Elphaba
To create a quick reaction force in the region.
That would be our special forces personnel from all branches of the military, in my opinion. Let's bring our national guard members home to serve in our national defense. Kuwait is the obvious "region" to stage this force.
To create an over-the-horizon presence of Marines.
"Over-the-horizon" is close by, but out of sight. Many others have stated that our "occupation" is the source of much of the insurgency. I mean no disrespect to any other branch of the military, but the Marines never allowed themselves to be undermined by social experiments. They are the best of the best.
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So, station a substantive number of troops in a nearby country and then have that country be the target of terrorist attacks for harbouring US troops?
I fail to see how that makes the situation any better.
I hope that the US will stay in Iraq until such time as Iraqi troops are fully capable of handling the mission both in terms of equipment and training and then get the hell out and stay out of the middle east.