I agree with you about Iraq. We had so many sanctions on Iraq before invading, they couldn't import dental equipment (because it could possibly be modified for weapons use - go figure). We also had the certainty that there really were no WMD's. So it was nothing to storm right in. Like you said, cakewalk getting there. It was afterward the problems started. Urban warfare, their commitment to keep fighting people they viewed as invaders, and the complete lack of any kind of exit strategy, created a no-win situation. I also agree with you on Afghanistan. The Russians border them. They had easier access and more troops. No success. Tactics & technology have done squat for us. Thus far, we've been successful only at blowing up weddings and killing civilians. Lots of them. It's a mess and a mistake and we should get out. The only upside is at least we're actually going after people we have truthful cause to go after.
On Jul 17, 11:40 pm, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > Iraq was [almost] a cake walk, compared to what we face in > Afghanistan. Even with enough troops (500,000 +/-), it'll take a > generation to pacify Afghanistan - a mountainous moonscape the size of > Texas covered with 70-million ants (nomads, warring tribes - barefoot, > illiterate villages). There's nothing there to "rebuild," it's all > from scratch. The people are suspicious of everything, even a simple, > local hydro-pump to generate electricity. > > Then there's Pakistan, blood-brother to Afghanistan; we'll never > subdue one without subduing the other. And by that time we'll be > broke, no longer a viable nation - which makes the whole surge- > strategy a lethal mistake. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
