Where did the bad guys go?
IT is true in politics too. When Dick Morris was hired by Jesse Helms and Trent Lott he did what it took to re-elect Jesse and Trent. When he was hired by Clinton he did all he could to elect and re-elect Clinton. He is a player not an ideologue.
There were undoubtedly many players in the Saddam army. They will play for the insurgents if that is their only choice, but they will play for our military if they are given a chance.
We, on the other hand, are like baseball fans. If we are an Indian fan we can't imagine rooting for the Yankees. Players don't think like us.
There is not much new in this. When Patton took over Germany at the end of WWII he used many officers from the NAZI army to run the US portion west Germany. It was no problem. When Hitler was in power the officers played for him. When we were in power the same officers played for us.
Some of the NAZIs and some of the Iraqis are ideologues.. but many are not.
But if we get players who want to play for us, they can blow a so called holy Mosque to bits with all the insurgents inside. They can do it and never raise an eyebrow.
When the hard core insurgents know that other Iraqis will kill them no matter where they are, they tend to surrender.
The typical Iraqi terrorist is about as tough as Saddam. When they know all is lost they will be as docile as Saddam was upon his capture.
>>Where did the bad guys go?
A lot of them died. Marine snipers, in particular, had a field day, or rather, a succession of them. I'm sure some went back to Syria. And I'm sure others have melted into the general populace.