[RJCogburn]

a quagmire looks like the second week of the assault on Baghdad where young American men kicked the sh%t out of every Iraqui who crossed their path

Yes, that was terrific. But now what? It appears that foreigners from several countries are coming in to do jihad against our guys, if the reports are correct. Starting to sound like the Soviets and Afganistan a bit.

So now what?

[TLBSHOW]

We will need more troops sent to iraq and the sooner that Iran and Syria is toppled the better.

[jwalsh07]

Yes, that was terrific. But now what? It appears that foreigners from several countries are coming in to do jihad against our guys, if the reports are correct. Starting to sound like the Soviets and Afganistan a bit.

Again a faulty analogy. You're a smart guy, surely you understand the difference between Afghanistan, a feudal society, and Iraq, a country of educated people a middles class and vast wealth in natural resources. No, of the two, I would say Afghanistan would be the harder task once the jihadists and fedayeen are sent on their virgin search.