Replies

People here often say that when we attack Iran we shouldn't do nation building this time around.

But, the real problem at the start of the war as I have always saw it as we didn't want to do nation building in Iraq. We wanted to take down Saddam's regime and then get out.

But, the lesson is you can't topple a regime without planning to do lots of nation building or you leave a security vaccume in its place.

The lesson for the current sitution in Iraq is the Army needs to have a monopoly over the use of military force in a state.

Can't argue with that case. Yep. A little to much of the State Department screwed up things earlier on. Same jerks a lot of Freepers dispise then still hold out and blame the Pres. for early on failures without taking in this consideration.
Sigh. One can see how the POTUS must feel. Did most everything right and still has to take the heat. But it was his destiny.
Could one even remotely see a Kerry goon standing in the rubble of 9/11 with those guys.