[Jeff Chandler]

Even if we were to leave Iraq today, we would still need to learn how to defeat Roadside IEDs. There will always be more deployments of our troops and we need an effective defense against IEDs.

Just wait until Terror cells are placing IEDs in and around Washington, DC or New York City. People will be screaming for solutions..

Astute observation. I grow weary of hearing the Iraq conflict spoken of in isolation from the ongoing WOT. Iraq is a training ground for many conflicts far into the future, and what we learn there will serve us in those conflicts.

Our armed forces will be so deadly and effective in urban warfare, future enemies will be in deep doo doo.

[6SJ7]

I grow weary of hearing the Iraq conflict spoken of in isolation from the ongoing WOT.

The NYTimes is headquartered at Target One for Islamofascists, but with everything they write about terrorists, oh sorry, insurgents, one might think the conflict was occurring on another planet.