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Old 04-20-2007, 20:47   #9
x-factor
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
Afghanis are not Arabs.
I know. My bad, is should have typed that out better. The argument goes that a pullout from Iraq will boost support for the US among moderate Arabs, which will help us in Afghanistan and the GWOT in general.

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3.) Not sure exactly what you mean by this, please expound.
This is specifically the Jack Murtha argument that says that the military, especially the Army, is overdeployed to the point that our ability to project power and/or respond to crises elsewhere in the world is compromised. Therefore, pulling out of Iraq would allow us to rebuild the military and preserve our long term military superiority.
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