Everybody is talking about iraq this and that etc. So lets say your opinion matters and it was before we deployed troops and declared war (or what have you). How should the war have been fought? I'm talking tactics which are conceivable in the modern age for the USA.
Well no 'beating about the bush' the gloves should have been off from Day 1 We did not put in enough fire power in at the beginning to get the job done, short on troops, short on weapons, an unbelievable mis-calculation and now it has become a quagmire The job should have been over and done and we should have been out of there a long time ago
Simple, this is a war that cannot be won and shouldnt have ever been fought. I say teh best way to win this war is to send all the troops home, let buch have his kids sign up for the draft , have all of congress also let their kids go to war and u will see how fast they will change their minds about this war
The war didn't end therefore we were not victorious. The philosophy might have been to choke the snake.. this wasn't successful however. Unfortunately as far as tactics in a war go, your left with a few choices.. utterly destroy your opponent, conquer (like the USA in iraq) an opponent which holds a similar or identical philosophy/religion then house a permanent occupying force dependent on local threats, lose.. When the US didn't decide to permanently hold IRAQ it lost the war. The former option isn't viable in the current arena.
This "war" has been going on since the early 90's, Trillions of dollars have been funneled into the effort, after the "First Gulf War" the UK and USA maintained a "No fly Zone" and Saddam was pinned down so he could do nothing! Greed caused this second invasion, Cheney and his Energy Task Force planned all of it, we see the result of it all today, now Cheney wants another 100 Billion for the Iraq war on top of the Trillion wasted already on the continuation of this ill advised policy carried out by Blair and his partners in the USA.
I agree mate. It kind of reminds me of WW1, Generals and Field Marshals sat in their comfy offices whilst all the turkeys on the front line are getting wasted.
There are two issues here..A) the war against Saddam...that was over in a matter of weeks. B) now we are at war with islamic terrorists. Had the democrats given us enough resources to begin with, it would have been over a long time ago. Although they voted for the war, they voted against the funds necessary to win the war.
Dman, u can have trillions of dollars but what good will it do against an enemy like this. This isnt military might against military might. This is about a country that hostile forces on the syrian border and iranian border . These people will keep sending in people like ants and they dont care if they die or not. The insurgency has shown no signs of slowing down, plus this isnt a " people popular " war. It was based on a lie and so far no one is being held accountable for that lie.
The amount of coalition troops that have died in Iraq is not very small, it's extremely small. The troops are very effective compared with troops in other war zones. I don't get how people can complain that only 3000 soldiers have died? You should also not forget that many of them have died (non-combat-related)natural deaths. If it's an issue that so many coalition troops have died, then why don't improve the road-safety within America and Iraq, I bet it could save much more lives than just retreating from Iraq. Having that said, I hope that the Iraq will get more stable the next years to come so troops can leave Iraq with a good conscience.
Actually it is the truth, you are so use to following pathological lies that you think they are the truth Son! I know you are young, but have you heard the one that goes like this: The truth is stranger than fiction.... Now wake up and quit promoting fiction and fantasy, in other words stay away from GTech and grow up!
I'm going to double post for a very important reason! Just to tell you that you are full of it Latehorn and obviously mislead and living in strong delusion!
Your right latehorn, if we can grab alot of oil for ourselves and get that big pipeline everyone knows we are helping to build going under major oil countries there whats a few thousand american soldiers and hundreds of thousands of iraqis. No one will miss them anyways right?
AGS, its incredible that there are people here that wont even acknowledge the fact that maybe we didnt go to war in iraq for freedom and democracy , especially posting about northwood, mossadegh, nsam 55 , 56 and 57 and nsam 263. I mean doesnt that make them think a little?????????? I mean i was naive in high school but thats not my fault, i was brought up on fairy tale history till a course i took in college on true american history "1700's till present " opened my eyes completely. I truely believe in freedom and democracy that is why we are so passionate about this today.
That's a pretty lame ass statement latehorn. 3,000 people no matter which way you look at it is still 3,000 people.
Latehorn hates Muslims and any mechanism that will exterminate them he favors, that is at the root of all his opinions, he does not like them moving into Europe if you really want to learn his reasons for supporting mass murder of innocent people and Cheney's scams!
Nah, I've got over that fear. By the way, I actually gaved moq green reps. It's a shame when innocent Iraqis die and I hope that the situation will improve in the future.
Maybe because everyone in the world but you and your hero GTech already understand this simple fact. No one really pays attention to your posts, we all know it is your gang flogging your signature spamming BS pal, now figure out that reality since you can't understand any other!