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2009-08-25 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 I have a feeling that the Iraqi military will have something to say about those who try to ignite sectarian violence. They have been under the wing of the US Army and Marines for too long, and have picked up lots of habits like nationalism, a sense of duty and real honor, and a serious hatred of those who embrace primitivism and chaos.

And I doubt they will be under particularly restrictive ROE in dealing with such scum.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-08-25 10:25|| 2009-08-25 10:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey, America spent hundreds of billions of dollars and over 4000 lives and tens of thousands of maimings, that strain military hospitals.

Nation-destruction worked in Japan and Germany and elsewhere

Nation-building has never worked in an Islamic garbage entity.

Ergo: shell out more billions for nation-building

Posted by Sheger McGurque5408 2009-08-25 13:24|| 2009-08-25 13:24|| Front Page Top

#3 That's some strong Kumbaya juice, Moose. Iraqis are predominantly
1 Muslim
2 Arabs

Their society is/has
1 Winner take all
2 Too many competing power blocks
3 Screw the infidels as soon as they feel they have the upper hand

Violence is fore ordained.

Posted by ed 2009-08-25 13:56|| 2009-08-25 13:56|| Front Page Top

#4 lots of habits like nationalism, a sense of duty and real honor -- As valuable as those qualities can be, without widespread agreement on what the nation is, those qualities may also serve to worsen the violence of a civil war, e.g., the War Between the States here. Whom or what do these qualities serve?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-08-25 15:08|| 2009-08-25 15:08|| Front Page Top

#5 According to quran (which contains notice of inter-muslim strife) and hadith, the sunni-shiite civil war will not end until the "end of days."
US troops cannot and should not police this inherent bloodshed, other than to implement containment policies against Syria, Iran, etc.

Field troops in Iraq pay zero attention to the 1400 year old civil war. Although some operations address threats against the civil government structure.

Even if the civil war heats up, the oil fields (both sides want the petro dollars to keep pouring in) and US theater troops will not be targeted. However, interpretation of Iraqization agreements and protocols permit indefinate US presence, should one side claim that a threat to either the government or Iraq sovereignty, is either present or forseeable. Hence, US troops aren't going anywhere, and any escalation will be manageable.

Posted by Spanky Slamp9315 2009-08-25 16:15|| 2009-08-25 16:15|| Front Page Top

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