I challenge anyone to search the Internet and find out how many U.S. troops there are in Iraq. It’s unbelievably difficult. I can’t decide if this is for national security, or a massive oversight by the collective googleplex. If people knew how many soldiers we had camped in the Middle East, would they be less simpathetic to the war? Would they start to question why we can’t bring stability to a nation that we’ve allegedly freed from tyranny? Would they think: damn, that’s a lot of people to send away from their families for months at a time, particularly the reservists who signed up to be adult cub scouts and are now professional soldiers who can’t even get a decent pair of boots.
Can you hear the supporters of this desert daytrip to nowhere: Keep it quiet, keep it real quiet.