Simple Question, Iraq...

[Yossarian]

Well, these people will have to be reduced from a threat, to a nuisance.
And so on , and so on. We cant underestimate them. Nor over estimate our own abilities.

Maybe we will be successful.

 

[Big_Z]

Its not that easy. This isnt a conflict of combat abilities. That was won years ago. They simply cannot accept our way of life. Until they can get over Shia or Sunni and start embracing a national pride they are doomed.

 

[Damien435]

I do like the title of this thread though. "Simple Question" my arse. Writing it may have been simple but there are a myriad of possible answers you could expect and all of them could be correct, we won't know for years, probably decades.

As I said back in January, February and March of 2003, if we invade Iraq we will have troops in that country for at least ten years.

 

[Yossarian]

Looks like we still have lessons to learn from this, and past conflicts, like Afghanistan, Somalia, and Vietnam.

 

[KJ]

Looks like we still have lessons to learn from this, and past conflicts, like Afghanistan, Somalia, and Vietnam.

Eh, you concider Afghanistan a PAST conflict?

 

[Yossarian]

Soviet Afghan war, we helped the rebels there, and watched a new ideology be born, not the 2001 war.

 

[KJ]

So why not learn lessons from the current conflict?
I agree that you should learn as much as possible from past conflicts, but when you have an active conflict in that area you could just learn from that?

 

[Yossarian]

You can, and should, if you are to succeed in the future.