Our Troops are Sitting Ducks in Iraq

American troops are just sitting ducks:

Sniper attacks on U.S. troops have risen dramatically as more Americans have been pulled into the capital to patrol on foot and in lightly armored vehicles amid raging religious violence.

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And they will continue to be sitting ducks for another year:

U.S. officials said Tuesday that Iraq's security forces won't be able to stand on their own for another 12 to 18 months, meaning substantial numbers of U.S. forces will likely remain in Iraq through next year.

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And there will be more Americans as sitting ducks:

Two weeks before U.S. midterm elections, American officials unveiled a timeline Tuesday for Iraq's Shiite-led government to take specific steps to calm the world's most dangerous capital and said more U.S. troops might be needed to quell the bloodshed.

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They've lost their minds at the Pentagon. Now they are talking about being able to beat North Korea in a war. What these dimwits don't understand is that China would not allow North Korea to be defeated, just as they did during the Korean War:

The U.S. military would prevail in a war against North Korea but at a greater cost in lives than if the United States were not already fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.

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How safe are our secrets?:

A drug bust at a trailer park in New Mexico turned up what appeared to be classified documents taken from the Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory, authorities said Tuesday.