Sure it's an option. We are trying to hold the body of the snake in place instead of cutting off it's head. It's a lot easier to cut off the head.
"There are some foreign fighters in Iraq but they are a small minority and could not have gotten there if the Iraqi people were not supportive of the resistance themselves."
The US military has pretty much said most of the insurgents are foreigners. Yes there is some support. But it's not a coincidence that most of the trouble is in Faluja which lies on the cross roads of the highways to Syria and Jordan.
"Nonsense, Sadam did nothing to attack Israel in March 03, no scuds, no terror attacks, nothing. And Syria borders Israel, Iraq does not."
Saddam tried in Gulf War I and was unsuccessful. He didn't have the ability to try again. Syria does Border Israel. So what? We'd knock out the Syrian airforce just as quick as Israel could. Syria is not going to go walking down into Israel and if they did nobody is going to come to their rescue. Israel is a non-issue.
"With barely enough troops to handle Iraq you believe that we could easily wipe out an Iranian Army, even if we are already fighting in Syria. And you assume that Iran would launch a 1951 style frontal assault instead of creating hundreds of raids, incursions and probes along a virtually undefended hundreds of miles long border. That is just silly.
If they tried a frontal assault, it would be a massacre...theirs. They are already supporting hundreds of raids, incursions and probes. Open your dang eyes!!!!
Your plan is to stay status quo until either they lose enough insurgents and give up or we lose enough men and pull out. That's stupid. Both Syria and Iran are supporters of terror. We vowed to go after the states that support terror.
I'll support the President however he wants to play it. He's got more info than I have. But I won't lose any sleep if he takes out some more states.
"Syria is not going to go walking down into Israel and if they did nobody is going to come to their rescue. Israel is a non-issue."
A. Earlier you said that Sadam did his best to pull Israel into the War, which is it? B. Israel is never a "non-issue' in any ME conflict or politics.
" If they (Iran) tried a frontal assault, it would be a massacre...theirs."
You've figured this out but they haven't? They see better than we do what tactics work against us.
"They (Iran)are already supporting hundreds of raids, incursions and probes."
Your statement is that Iran is raiding on a daily basis (hundreds)into Iraq against us. What's your source?
"Open your dang eyes!!!!"
To what? Your theories based on nothing but your imagination? Show me some facts or source sites.
And, btw, the recognized threat from Iran is not land based but maritime. They have the means in place to close off the Straits of Hormuz, disrupting both the flow of oil to the world and our lines of support for our troops in Iraq. I'm sure that your research revealed this to you but you felt it unnecessary to mention.