You do agree however that without a secure bagdad, iraq doesnt really exist as a nation. Also, it seems to me the guys doing the shooting today are sunnia as shiaa go to their mosques. The shiaa, who have been described by sunni, as illiterate 7th century moslems, had little part in the early days of sectarian violence and their shiaa militias, though just as brutal as their enemies, were spurred to action initially by zarquawis attacks.
Yes we fought two separate superpowers in WW2. Today we fight two versions of islamic terrorism with us always in the middle. Hawk, i understand the consequences of losing this war. I am not Geode. But i also dont want american lives and treasure going down a rathole in a save face operation. We are moving toward that outcome, if not already there, i fear. That didnt work in Vietnam for the last 10-15K soldier who died for nothing. That as an outcome in iraq, albeit with smaller numbers, will tear this country apart and weaken the home front and cause more harm in the WOT than the apparent loss of iraq. The loss of iraq involves a three-way partition with shiaa influenced south which exists already, baath/terror alliance in the sunni area which also exists already, and a free Kurdish state which also exists today. So what are we losing except a little face. The arab street can go wild for a day or two as they did with Lebanon only to discover later on that it was really their loss, not ours. Mike@greatly_conflicted.com |
