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November 29, 2005
More, Scarier News on Bush War Planning
Sy Hersch's piece in the New Yorker is frightening and credible. The key to the US drawdown isn't just retreat of US troops, but replacement of that manpower with US airpower to support Iraqi troops. What that means in practice is few US casualties, but much more use of bombs to target insurgents. That, in turn, will mean many more Iraqui civilian deaths from collateral damage and mistaken targeting. Which is both abhorrent and unstrategic - it certainly doesn't sound like a great recipe for winning hearts and minds in Iraq (although, sadly it just could work to win voters in the US).
Posted by tedf at November 29, 2005 08:17 PM
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