What To Do in Iraq
As the Iraq War enters it's fourth year one thing is apparent - our stategy if we have one - is a miserable failure.
Iraq is falling apart torn by ethnic cleansing and what appears to be the beginnings of a very nasty civil war. The Iraqi government we have created is far from a model democracy, in fact it is a very bad joke.
Obviously it's time for a new strategy in Iraq, but what should that strategy be and how should it be implented. My suggestion would be Iraq for the Iraqis and American involvement to the extent that we protect our interests only.
First, we should pull the vast majority of our forces out of Iraq they are achieving little or nothing by blundering around over there and maybe making the situation. Pull them out now, our people are dying for nothing and the resources expended to maintain the mission in Iraq are wasted. Move most of our troops out of Iraq now and leave only the forces needed to protect our embassy etc.
Second, rule Iraq through local people it shouldn't be too hard to make deals with local groups such as the Shiite militias and the Sunni tribes. These groups can patrol Iraq, fight our enemies there and protect our vital interests. Make a basic deal with these people they'll get foreign aid and military support from us if they keep the oil flowing and Al Qaeda out.
Basic military support such as training and infantry forces on the ground can be provided by private military contractors not our military. That way our troops can be pulled something that will certainly stabilize the situation. If necessary our air power and missiles can be used to back up Iraqi forces on the ground.
Third, confine our military mission in Iraq to fighting and destroying those forces actually a threat to us namely Al Qaeda. This can be done by commandos, air power, our local allies etc. We don't need 100,000 troops in Iraq to deal with a few terrorists, in fact our presence there makes the situation worse.
We should pull the troops out because Iraq is not Vietnam, our pull out won't hur our military and it won't give our enemies any sort of victory. We can stay in Iraq and keep waging war there without a major military presence. Instead the Iraqis will fight and kill our enemies for us and all we have to do is give them a little aid.
Unfortunately none of our leaders has the courage or common sense to see this. They simply want to pore in more troops or run away completely. Either way they will turn what amounts to a second rate colonial war into a caststrophe.
Iraq is falling apart torn by ethnic cleansing and what appears to be the beginnings of a very nasty civil war. The Iraqi government we have created is far from a model democracy, in fact it is a very bad joke.
Obviously it's time for a new strategy in Iraq, but what should that strategy be and how should it be implented. My suggestion would be Iraq for the Iraqis and American involvement to the extent that we protect our interests only.
First, we should pull the vast majority of our forces out of Iraq they are achieving little or nothing by blundering around over there and maybe making the situation. Pull them out now, our people are dying for nothing and the resources expended to maintain the mission in Iraq are wasted. Move most of our troops out of Iraq now and leave only the forces needed to protect our embassy etc.
Second, rule Iraq through local people it shouldn't be too hard to make deals with local groups such as the Shiite militias and the Sunni tribes. These groups can patrol Iraq, fight our enemies there and protect our vital interests. Make a basic deal with these people they'll get foreign aid and military support from us if they keep the oil flowing and Al Qaeda out.
Basic military support such as training and infantry forces on the ground can be provided by private military contractors not our military. That way our troops can be pulled something that will certainly stabilize the situation. If necessary our air power and missiles can be used to back up Iraqi forces on the ground.
Third, confine our military mission in Iraq to fighting and destroying those forces actually a threat to us namely Al Qaeda. This can be done by commandos, air power, our local allies etc. We don't need 100,000 troops in Iraq to deal with a few terrorists, in fact our presence there makes the situation worse.
We should pull the troops out because Iraq is not Vietnam, our pull out won't hur our military and it won't give our enemies any sort of victory. We can stay in Iraq and keep waging war there without a major military presence. Instead the Iraqis will fight and kill our enemies for us and all we have to do is give them a little aid.
Unfortunately none of our leaders has the courage or common sense to see this. They simply want to pore in more troops or run away completely. Either way they will turn what amounts to a second rate colonial war into a caststrophe.
posted by great one at 4:41 PM
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