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Default Any latest news on the pirates and the oil tanker?

Eisboch wrote:
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Gee, I was wondering why we are still in Iraq with what, 150,000 troops.
We're training. Right.



Consider this:

New York City is composed of approx. 469 square miles.
The New York City police force consists of 37,838 officers.

That's about 80 officers per square mile.

Iraq is composed of approx. 167,400 square miles.
At a troop level of 150,000 personel, that's less than one person per mile
(not counting Iraq forces).

Eisboch




We don't have much "presence" in most of Iraq, and...are you saying our
troops are now the Iraqi police force? If so, why can't the Iraqis be
their own police force?