No refutation on this POV? Things are kind of quiet out there?
I thought I heard and read where the actions we were taking would embolden the terrorists and the insurgents, but this document from AQ in Iraq seems to be saying very clearly that recruitment is down, the Iraqi National Guard is actually able to 'shield' the Americans (does this mean the Iraqi National Guard is actually becoming effective?) ...
Also, the rank and file Iraqi citizen is providing G2 against terrorist and insurgent operations/locations ...
So what's up?
For a long time all the information coming out of Iraq about the violence going on was all about Zarqawi and Al Qaeda. This was from the Bush Administration and the Pentagon because it fit the so call "war on terrorism" refrain they've been pushing since all the other reasons for going in turned out to be bogus. Finally, sometime last year, the military folks in Iraq admitted that outside terrorists, AKA Zarqawi, AL Qaeda and other "terrorists" groups made up only about 5% to 15% of the violent attacks. That let us know that what's really going on is an internal civil war between the Shiites and the Sunnis primarily with additional infighting between different Shiite militia groups amongst themselves for eventual power. Time will tell how much damage has been done to the "terrorists" in Iraq and wheather they are able to re-constitute themselves and live to fight on. Time will tell wheather we can stop the Iraqi civil war enough to get out of there with so called "honor". There are some irrefutable facts however, (1) We, (the U.S.) cannot afford the cost of this excursion in Iraq and we certainly cannot afford to keep funding it for much longer. We will reap the economic reality of the already sunk cost sooner rather than later. (2) nobody in this country truly gives a shit about the Iraqi people and this holier than thou rhetoric of how "we're bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq" bullshit needs to stop. Jim Eddins _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
