Originally Posted By: Chant
Pulling out now when the tide seems to be turning in our favour would be a mistake. I'm still a bit disapointed that my government decided to pull our troops home.
But on the bright side, alot of the resources used to support the mission in Iraq are being reallocated to support the mission in Afghanistan.


Exactly.

As things improve in Iraq, more resources can be focused on Afghanistan.

More troops should have been deployed in Iraq from the beginning, and when "the Surge" plan finally deployed those troops, the tide turned.

If these Al Qaida fighters are just now moving to Iraq, they can be dealt with before they can effectively re-organize in Afghanistan.