Originally Posted by Wombat
Iraq was a complete failure of "foreign policy", or at least the US (Bush) version of it. The personnel and resources that are being used there would have been put to better used in Afghanistan, targeting the Taliban.
As it stands now, the Coalition forces are stretched thin and are basically containing the enemy. I can tell you that in A-stan beyond the fortified compounds the country is controlled by rebel forces. Technology and fire-power never defeated a determined adversary, Vietnam was proof of that.
Rest assured that we will be involved in these wars for a very long time to come. Iraq is the most problematic for Coalition forces as there is no easy way out.
I wish there was an easy answer, but we can argue and fight about it all day and it will change nothing.
My thoughts and solutions are too radical and racist to post in this PC world we live in, rest assured though we would never have any further problems from that region if I was in power.