hello slagle, i was merely highlighting the biggest undertaking of the empire that is not winnable and not quit-able, and how it is costing funds, productivity, and how it cannot end, piling up obligations all over.
3,000 dead + 20,000 wounded + feeding for remainder of life for badly wounded + contractor costs + 45,000 TSA agents + wear of the military + de-camping allies + nothing to show for any of the effort except yet another escalation of fruitless effort + productive jobs not done as a result of undertaking = inexorably heavier cost going forward
<<Here is what I believe is likely to happen there: The Kurdish area in the north is already pretty secure and has apparently established strong alliances with Israel>>
... doubtful for long, and will be engulfed with incident with north of north soon enough.
<<Maybe after a last effort this next year the US will draw down to about 40,000 troops total, mostly in the Kurdish region and a contingent left inside the "Green Zone" and of course a force will remain in the three big new bases in the western desert>>
... doubtful, and if so, will require re-insertion of army at 400,000 strong in Saudi Arabia within a few years. |
