Editing The Right Type of 'Surge'
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− | |author=Jack Keane | + | |author=Jack Keane |
|source=The Washington Post | |source=The Washington Post | ||
|date=December 27, 2006 | |date=December 27, 2006 | ||
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|quote="We need to cut through the confusion. Bringing security to Baghdad -- the essential precondition for political compromise, national reconciliation and economic development -- is possible only with a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so. Any other option is likely to fail." | |quote="We need to cut through the confusion. Bringing security to Baghdad -- the essential precondition for political compromise, national reconciliation and economic development -- is possible only with a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so. Any other option is likely to fail." | ||
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+ | {{additional_author|Frederick W. Kagan}} | ||
{{opinion|Post-invasion Iraq|United States should increase troop levels|for}} | {{opinion|Post-invasion Iraq|United States should increase troop levels|for}} |