Posted by
Tim Blessing on Monday, April 07, 2008 7:41:50 PM
What is up with Iraq?
It seems to me that Iraq will continue to simmer as a problem.
Basra was a test case for Iraq's independence.
There are two lessons to draw from this experience.
1) The Iraqi Military has continually shown improvement over time.
2) The Iraqi Police have failed every test over the last 3 years or so.
What are the differences in the training and experiences of these two groups that reach polar opposite results.
Al Sadr's forces have received a bloody nose, otherwise, he would not be coming to the bargaining table.
He may have been undercut by the Muslim Clerics Association.
Iraq is a country under fire sort of like the Phillipines were under Teddy Roosevelt.
A Muslim Nation held under control by the United States.
Eventually, we wore the Filipinos down and Christianized them.
Muslims are warlike and some of them are fanatical, but if you have patience you can them over.
We may win in Iraq eventually, but the cost has been the consensus that underpinned the terror war.
Again, the idiot in the White House is not equipped to deal with the terror war.
He say's he's flexible on tactics, but not the goal.
His goal of a united Iraq could have cost him his place in history.