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Why would GWB sabotage his own war effort by shortchanging the force? 1. He was unable/unwilling to acquire the funds necessary for a full force. Did the Democrats want too much for a bigger force? Was W unwilling to present the bill for a full-size one? Iraq was peaceful until the Abu Graib photos hit the press (released by one of the soldiers' defense attorneys) and the Admin could not stop it because habeas corpus had not been suspended. (Hence Guantanamo.) By 2008, the Iraqis did not offer immunity to our forces, apparently because the price of continuing immunity was not worth only 10K US troops. 30K was more acceptable but the US was not willing to keep that many. Again, was this W? Democrats? I'd say they've both made sure it isn't talked about in the press, n'est-ce pas? We shared a culture w/ Germany in 1945; Japan was homogenous and isolated on four islands. Was Iraq that much bigger? Or was the will missing behind all the promises th…