re: How long until we send troops back into Iraq?

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If we are bombing we already have troops on the ground.

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Agreed.

If you have tactical/close air support, then you have troops on the ground. Period. Someone is directing the airstrikes. They are not being done "in the blind."

And if you have troops on the ground, then you have a logistics support element either in theater or nearby.

And the numbers keep growing.