Paul responded that part of Reagans doctrine on war was that when we go to war, we have clear objectives and that we do not limit our soldiers or tie their arms behind their back. But there is a question though, and Im not saying its an easy answer - could we have stopped this outbreak of ISIS? How many troops would it have required? 50-, 100,000? Ill give you one possible scenario, Paul said. Lets say we had left 1,000 troops [in Iraq] and they were divided around the country and Mosul had about 1,000 and ours had been overrun by this uprising. Then where would we be? Wed be back in the middle of a war right now. Can we subdue them? Paul asked. Did the surge work? Absolutely we can, the surge worked. Do we have the military might to subdue them again? Yeah, 50- to 100,000 troops we can do it - but this is my point and I feel very strongly about this because I have three teenage boys - if the Shiites wont fight for Mosul Im not sending my son.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:29:23 +0000