Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
So Ironside, it makes more sense to make a difficult situation more difficult for the troops by alienating an allie and having them cut off the main supply line? Do you not understand that most supplies come out of Turkey for the troops? I'm so thankful I'm no longer in the military, my country and its citizens are no longer worthy of protection and neither is the rest of the world. The rest of the world is only happy when the US signs the check and sits silent. I hope that we pull back every troop in every country AND cut all foriegn aid. That is what needs to be done. We'll see how long it takes for all hell to break loose. I just hope I live that long to see it.
Depends on goal and aviable resources. If you consider the best move is to change policy, while not being able to change policy, then the other option is to force a policy change in another way. Forcing the supplies to take another way is a (severe) annoyance, but not a vital blow.
Do you agree that if you would consider Iraq as a lost cause in either case, forcing a faster retreat would be actually caring about the troops dieing needlessly?
If you still think that you can win, it's another matter, but when did people decide something based on someone elses view?

This is pure speculation btw DD. The factual reasons can be more politically stupid, a mark, a more advanced plan etc.