For most Americans, the Iraq debacle confirms the self-defeating character of occupying any Islamic country and trying to control it. But those whose interests lie in maintaining and expanding the Army and Marine corps, Iraq is only the beginning.
For years, the Army and Marine Corps and their acolytes in Congress and in the think tanks have wanted to increase U.S. ground forces by at least 100,000 men, arguing that the Army and marines are "stretched too thin" by the...
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