Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
Hear hear! I could swear that some of the people now saying that we need more US troops have said previously in other threads that it's the US soldiers that are causing the violence....
Having troops on the ground gives rise to several factors, like suppression factor, safety factor, annoyance factor and hatred factor.

Without enough troops on the ground, you'll not give enough on the suppresion factor and safety factor, making the population more sensitive to the annoyence factor and hatred factor and at the same time increasing those factors.

So without enough troops to secure the area, the question will come: What the hell are those troops doing there?

Although with the civil war looming in the shadows, only the suppression factor becomes truly important.