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sportsguy35 · Joined: 27 Apr 2005

What would happen if countries like Germany, France, Russia and God forbid even Canada were to send troops to Iraq to help with the insurgency?? Seems like that would help take care of it faster and show the insurgents that that whole free-world truly is toward helping rebuild their country.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/03/russia.frger.ap/index.html

Putin seems to think it might work...

mithridates · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject:

sportsguy35 · Joined: 27 Apr 2005

sorry, didn't really mean that the way it sounded. From the Canadian friends I have been talking to, it seems like 90% of Canada is against the war. So it seemed pretty far fetched for me to think that Canada would send troops over there. Anyways, I didnt mean anything bad by it, I just don't see it happening. The only reason I mentioned it is because so many Canadians read this board and I would like their opinion on what they think it would be like if we all teamed up, something that Bush should have tried harder to do before the war.

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

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mithridates · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:52 pm Post subject:

I see. I couldn't say what things would have been like if more had teamed up before the war, but as it stands now anyone going in there now would have to make up for quite a few of the nations that have pulled out. Canada has 2000 troops in Afghanistan which is their biggest deployment and our Prime Minister is weak and corrupt, tacking on extra money wherever he feels it can help him pass a vote, so I don't see much being done with the military from him.
What I do think would have helped would have been a very concrete plan on how to restructure the place from before the invasion, more than numbers of troops. I think there should have been an army of construction workers right behind them to rebuild the place in a month because the shock after an invasion is the best time to take the initiative as the people are still in a bit of shock while still willing to see what's going to happen. Iraqis complain more about electricity and water than anything else, and unemployment of course. I suppose the lack of a plan came partly from not wanting to be seen as imperialist.

desultude · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: world-wide help in Iraq

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Gollum · Joined: 04 Sep 2003 Location: Japan

Read this related story about Saudi Arabia, and notice the attached quote:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161442,00.html

"Faris bin Hizam, an expert on Saudi terror groups, warned that the next few weeks would be crucial.

"We shouldn't be surprised if more clashes erupt. Clearly the Interior Ministry has information about the militants, and they will go after them," he said.

Analysts also have warned that Saudi fighters, battle-trained in Iraq would be heading back to Saudi Arabia to regroup and continue the fight.

Washington-based counterterrorism expert Evan Kohlmann also expected an upsurge in the violence.

"Kohlmann said Iraqis were fed up with foreign fighters on their soil, and "it's only a matter of time before these guys start heading back. You're talking about thousands of their nationals who are across the border in Iraq and that's an army."