It's About the BORDERS Stupid! 
As U.S. troops drove across Iraq during the invasion, commanders on the ground fretted that they were leaving abandoned Iraqi military compounds unguarded, with the potential of massive looting putting arms in the hands of future insurgents.
Donald Rumsfeld ordered the generals to keep moving, and leave the bases to be looted.
Others complained that by dismantling the entire Iraqi army, we were leaving Iraq's borders unguarded, allowing insurgents and arms to flow freely across Iraq's borders.
Paul Bremer didn't listen.
Instead of putting those 21,000 troops in Baghdad, in the middle of a civil war, why not redeploy our troops to completely seal Iraq's borders? Why not cut off the flow of arms and non-Iraqi insurgents, and have the Iraqi military do the job of clearing and holding the city of Baghdad?
This is the PLAN that the Democrats should be offering as an alternative to Bush's Enterprise Institute-generated plan.
Democrats have been calling for "Re-deployment" and this is a way to achieve that, while also handling the recent accusations against Iran. If we truly CLOSE the borders, Iran (and Syria, Saudi Arabia, and others) can't provide arms or interfere in Iraq.
Well, Democrats? How about it?
KEYWORDS: Iraq, Bush, Borders, Insurgency, Iran
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