Since we never put the MOAB into production, that's going to prove a mite difficult.
Wouldn’t take long before there wouldn’t be a spider hole in the desert for al Qaeda to hide in.
Many of the Iraq tribes out in that dessert have already turned against the foreign Al Qaeda forces.
I’ve heard we have 15 in the inventory. Could be wrong. We have plenty of other ordnance in the inventory, so my point remains. We should be surging with bombs, lots and lots of bombs, not with infantry on foot patrol.
Ultimately what happens in Iraq is up to the Iraqis—whether they side with or against the terrorists, or whether they think settling ancient scores and stealing everything they can get their hands on is more important than establishing a workable government. All up to the Iraqis, and so far I’m not impressed. Sunnis fight Shias, millions in oil revenue has gone missing, and the Iraqi government wants to take a two month holiday this summer in the middle of a war for the control of their civilization.
We can want democracy and peace for Iraq all day long, but the Iraqis have to want it or we’re just spinning our wheels. So far it appears that many do, but not enough. In the meantime we lack the will to act decisively, so it’s the death of a thousand cuts for us. And that is squarely on the politicians, who are worried about their legacies and the next election, and the commanders at the top, who are worried about their legacies and their next promotion. Shame on all of them.