Even some road-bombers can defeat the US on a foreign ground in un-conventional war. Defeat the US in their ground or using conventional war it is clearly impossible.
Nah, we're pretty much at a stalemate, not against Saddam and the Iraqi military, which were trounced decisively in 2003, but at 4th generation warfare against guerrilla fighters who have the support of their neighborhoods.
The question in Iraq has been, since late 2003, when will the Iraqis stand up so we can stand down?
The Muslim Middle East is at a very interesting crossroads. The men and women who want to bring the Muslim Middle East forward into the 21st century are fighting against the men and women who want to bring the Muslim Middle East back into the 7th century.
For decades, almost a century, the rest of the world didn't really care who won, as long as we got the oil. See, e.g., China, which is perfectly willing to opportunistically support whichever group appears to have the upper hand at any given moment, which, of course, means every group, because it changes from day to day.
It's true, the US is sticking its neck out supporting the forces of modernity against the forces of antiquity, democracy against autocracy and dictatorship, but it's the right thing to do. |
