Cafferty's 5pm Q: "Should the United States send more troops to Baghdad? "

[Bozita]

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AIRS: 4-6 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. ET Monday-Friday

Tuesday's shows

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Wolf is live in Jerusalem as Secretary of State Rice proposes that international peacekeeping forces intervene. Tune in at 4 p.m. ET.

Then at 7 p.m. ET, Wolf continues his live coverage in Jerusalem with a look at military peacekeeping plans.


Cafferty File

Jack Cafferty sounds off on the stories crossing his radar. Write in to answer Jack's hourly questions, and watch to see if he reads your response.

4 p.m.: Which countries should be part of an international peacekeeping force?

5 p.m.: Should the United States send more troops to Baghdad?

7 p.m.: Can Israel and its Arab neighbors ever live in peace?

• Answer Jack's questions now
• Read some of your responses

[SteppingRazor]

1. My e-mail to Cafferty:

Oh, sure. Let's send more meat to the sausage grinder. It's patently obvious to all but Tony Snow and those he speaks for that this is now a civil war. Adding more troops will not change that, and will only put more American lives at risk. The sooner we (to paraphrase Rumsfeld) recognize the war we have and not the war we would wish to have, the better off we'll all be.

[NanceGreggs]

2. Totally on-air readable, SteppingRazor!

LOVE the paraphrase of Rummy - nice touch!

[Bozita]

4. The Rummy part is killer stuff!

Looking forward to seeing your reply on the air.

[SteppingRazor]

5. I'm at work. Lemme know if he reads it!

Thanks for the kudos, too. What can I say? Writing's what I do :)

[Jacobin]

8. Yowee!!

That one's gonna get read on air!!

Nice going!!

Love it

[babylonsister]

3. [e-mail] is his address. nt

[Fleshdancer]

6. my response:

Forgive my ignorance Mr. Cafferty but what troops should be sent to Iraq? The troops that are currently in Afghanistan? The National Guard helping St. Louis recover from horrible storms and heat? Those who were sent to the Mexico border? Perhaps the right question isn't "should we send more troops" but "CAN we send more troops".

[Bozita]

7. Good response! ... Anyone feel a draft coming?

[Fleshdancer]

9. to be honest, I'm shocked we don't already have one

and I'm shocked no one is talking about it right now given that the drums of war are beating again for Iran and/or Syria. :shrug:

[Bozita]

10. Think of the places we'd be fighting in today if we had a draft