Sadr and the Mahdi Army have always been puppets of Iran. That's the bigger issue overshadowing this whole problem. Iran has had far, far too much influence in Iraq for too long. If Multi-National Forces leave, Iran will move right in and take power. That's one of the reasons we can't "cut-n-run" for any reason.
jaycee, there was a time when I agreed, but at this point our troops are between a rock and a hard place. Morale is way down because of the political situation with the Dems now in power. Soldiers aren't like the public, they are fighters and accept death as part of the job; what they can not accept is death while knowing the game is considered lost by those who are paying for the war. Every death now is a tragedy. We need to pull back and secure Afghanistan and let the Middle East go. In time Israel will take care of Iran. The mess in Lebanon was a wake up call for the Israelis who had gotten too complacent. BB
We can stick in there and try our best to take care of the problem or we can surrender and let the next generation face it head-on at perhaps 10 times the peril. Iran with nuclear capabilities and in control of Iraq is not a pleasant future. Clinton screwed around for 8 years and put us square in this mess and I'd hate to see this administration do the same thing. Just my opinion, BB, and I respect yours.
Sadr and the Mahdi Army have always been puppets of Iran. That's the bigger issue overshadowing this whole problem. Iran has had far, far too much influence in Iraq for too long. If Multi-National Forces leave, Iran will move right in and take power. That's one of the reasons we can't "cut-n-run" for any reason.
ReplyDeletejaycee, there was a time when I agreed, but at this point our troops are between a rock and a hard place. Morale is way down because of the political situation with the Dems now in power. Soldiers aren't like the public, they are fighters and accept death as part of the job; what they can not accept is death while knowing the game is considered lost by those who are paying for the war. Every death now is a tragedy. We need to pull back and secure Afghanistan and let the Middle East go. In time Israel will take care of Iran. The mess in Lebanon was a wake up call for the Israelis who had gotten too complacent. BB
ReplyDeleteWe can stick in there and try our best to take care of the problem or we can surrender and let the next generation face it head-on at perhaps 10 times the peril. Iran with nuclear capabilities and in control of Iraq is not a pleasant future.
ReplyDeleteClinton screwed around for 8 years and put us square in this mess and I'd hate to see this administration do the same thing.
Just my opinion, BB, and I respect yours.
I think this is simple. Leave with 120 day notice to Iraq.
ReplyDeleteIf we don't like how the dust settles in a year or so...we can always return.
"If we don't like how the dust settles in a year or so...we can always return."
ReplyDeleteNo chance in hell of that strategy working, meb.
Once forced to surrender, we will NEVER be able to accomplish anything in the middle east ever again.
If that was to happen, we will have to withdraw to within our borders, and circle the wagons against the forthcoming onslaught.
This would be in addition to controlling the onslaught from within.