If you care about American soldiers you will read "The Redirection"

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American troops in Iraq are in danger of being used as the new bait in a new “Bait and Switch” by Sunnis in the MidEast.

In last-week’s testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Joint Chief of Staff General Pace indicated that if he followed DoD readiness standards, one third of the forces headed to Iraq would not be deployed. Therefore, it is possible that, in addition to long established shortages, soon, one third of the total military force in Iraq will not be fully manned, fully trained or fully equipped. General Pace did not want Congress to do anything about this weakness in force readiness. Why?

The intent of redirected strategy in the Mideast, documented by Seymour Hersh March 5 in The New Yorker, is to weaken Shia in Iran by strengthening Sunnis in the region. Given that the Iraqi government is predominantly Shia and the Sunni militias are responsible for 80% of American fatalities, strengthening Sunnis further destabilizes a situation in which the blood of American soldiers is being sacrificed for stability.

As Iraqi Sunni militias get stronger with more regional support, they have to decide whether to kill more Americans or more Shia. Shortages in force readiness in this situation create the conditions favorable to a "Bait and Switch", in which American blood attracts Sunnis into what's going on, and then, as Hersh describes, through the use of special Sunni operatives, their efforts are turned on the Shia instead.

http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/070305fa_fact_hersh

[Adelante]

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