[Utah Girl]

Excellent article. George Will is spot on, as usual.

[wretchard]

The US has more than 60,000 Iraqis under arms in less than 4 months from victory and that number will push 100,000 soon, as we activate the Iraqi intelligence and the new Army. Those Iraqis are far more valuable than UN Blue Helmets -- Pakistanis, Uruguayans and Nigerians -- who must be flown in, rotated out, taught the language and oriented in the culture. Unlike the Blue Helmets, the Iraqis will shoot. Because you are looking for complementary capabilities, there comes a point where you prefer an Iraqi brigade to the French Foreign Legion, or even an additional US brigade, because that's a better mix than a pure foreign security force.

There are some liberals who want the US to deploy 500,000 men to Iraq -- every operational brigade in the services -- and do it under the command of the United Nations.

[McGavin999]

When history looks back at this, future generations will be totally amazed at what was accomplished in so short a time. It's hard to believe that now because of all the media spin, but looked at through the dispassionate eye of history this will be nothing short of a miracle.