> The Ladd wrote: > Yes, use our military. Yes, obfuscate the entirely corrput U.N. Yes, pour > billions into putting our entire army on their doorstep. Afghanistan to the > left, Iraq to the right
But that wasn't the concept nor is it the outcome. We didn't invade Iraq in a military squeeze play; we invaded because the administration was convinced that, due to a mission from God, their role was to spread the glory of democracy to the Middle East. And not only was that going to be the result according to Chalabi, the liberation of Iraq was going to topple Iran via a popular uprising. So, if you're going to rewrite history to ascribe motivations and strategies that didn't exist they, yeah, it maybe makes sense. And, if we're going down that road, we could also say that that strategy is impossible given the current size of our military, the total estrangement of US from its allies and their forces, and our inability to successfully fight in an urban theatre. Further we're not even able to control ground we've taken. I've read that we've just abandoned the entire western part of Iraq, a full 1/3 of the country. And Iraq's government is openly supporting Hezbollah. So, even if we were going down the path you suggest, which we're not, we're still failing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:216174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
