Time for a Heavier Footprint

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Author(s)	Frederick W. Kagan, William Kristol
Source	The Weekly Standard
Date	November 20, 2006
URL	http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/972zwkgm.asp
Quote	"When U.S. forces in adequate numbers, together with Iraqi troops, cleared Tal Afar, Mosul, Falluja, Sadr City, and Najaf in 2004 and 2005, levels of violence in those areas dropped enormously. Economic activity picked up. Political leaders, rather than militia commanders, took charge. We know what success looks like, and we know what it demands--more U.S. troops, operating together with such Iraqi forces as are available, to establish security above all else."

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This item argues for the position United States should increase troop levels on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.