I still compare the fighting in Iraq more to a gangland war than a civil war. Baghdad is the nexus of the fight. On one side you have the Baathists with their carbombings. On the other side you have the Shiites with their death squads. Al Qaeda and the foreign jihadists seem to have been totally marginalized. In a straight-up fight between Sunnis and Shias, there is the possibility that they will come to terms and stop fighting.
Personally, I don't disagree with the President's strategy, I just can't believe the incompetence of the post-invasion force. We seem to have made every possible mistake one could make in a fight like this one. I don't think Bush will pull out the troops unless the country descends into total anarchy, and that isn't going to happen. On 8/8/06, Gruss wrote: > > > My whole previous point was that, due to his foolish strategy, we're > about to accomplish nothing at the cost of $1 trillion. We've saved > nobody, Iran are NK are pursuing nukes faster than ever, and our > military is bogged down is a war of choice. > > At this point there's no defense for that choice because the facts are > in: civil war is already happening and if it increases more than it > is, Bush will pull out our troops. > > Bush = stupid strategy, failed policy. > > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212802 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
