On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you changed your mind about the Iraq War, I am curious as to why. > Also, how do you feel about troops going back in to attempt to fix the > current mess. > > Anyone feel like sharing? > My feelings on the US history in Iraq haven't changed. I was proud when we went in to remove Iraq from Kuwait. I was there (on the ready carrier in the Med) when Hussein put his troops back on the border in 94 and the US was a part of the coalition supporting the no-fly zone. I distinctly separate Afghanistan from Iraq post 9-11. OBL was being protected by the Taliban (anyone remember this http://youtu.be/KzjVGG0ja4c?t=19s ) and Hussein was kicking out weapons inspectors and thumbing his nose at UN resolutions. What US planners did not anticipate (or if they did, did not properly plan for) in my opinion was the "insurgency" that welled up with religious fervor in both countries. If the "war" with Iraq had only been with the Iraqi military and a solid government was running the country things would have turned out much different. As it was, the tribalistic and theocratic underpinnings of the region has created a sectarian minefield. That brings us to today, where we are looking at both groups bowling all over said minefield. I'm reserving a complete judgement on this and as I have said recently don't see the small number of advisors and security that Obama has sent as going back on his decision not to put "boots on the ground." I can't say that this is a true "sectarian Civil War" but at the same time ISIS (or whatever their name is) is a force without a nation. Much like the insurgency spearheaded by Al Queada (sp?), any well organized military would have the same problems that were faced by the coalition before. It is said that you do not go into a battle you don't know that you can win. I think that's what has me on the "not sure yet" line right now. Let's face it, we knew we could win in Iraq 1 and Iraq 2, at least against the Iraqi army. Iraq 3 would start off in the same quagmire that came out after Hussein fell. There's not a solid path of victory that can be mapped there, at least not yet. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
