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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
Nice Post Flap, respectfully, I disagree on a number of points. Not to dive too deeply but, you said "Hussein kept the other countries around him in check, Iran was scared to death of him after thier war in the early 80's for example."
So how do you think these countries feel now that the US toppled Hussein in a matter of days? Something they couldnt do in years?
We are failing at stabilizing the region, but we could have just walked away after we destroyed their infrstructure, military and government. Dont think thats not on the mind of every leader in the region.
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Jimmy, always good to have an open adult debate where both sides opinion are respected, thanks!
As to our toppling in days of Husseins regime, well somehow we always get into situations that start like that, yeah we went in and kicked his ass but his war machine and ours were not apples for apples. The real problem was that we knew how to go in we hadn't a clue as to how we would get out and what getting out would entail.
Any good military leader knows that not only do you embark on a campaign withna plan of entry you must have an exit strategy as well on top of knowing your objective and being able to realize when that objective has been achieved and what effect it will have on the local population and thier administrative branch, we didn't.
Iran should be afrid of us now as well and to an extent they are but they also know we have been weakened in our Iraqi experience and the mood of the country is such that popular support has eroded to the point that the hint of stretching our military capability by taking on another mid eastern brawl will put the country over the edge and they will exploit that fact to thier advantage as much as possible while we are in this condition. Public relations attack rather than live bombs and guns fits perfectly into thier corner right now.