Bogging down . . .
"It's going to be another Vietnam." "Taking Baghdad will be door-to-door fighting just like Stalingrad." "Democracy can't take hold in that society." "Our troops won't be able to fight in the extreme environment of a country that desolate." The excuses keep coming, but none ring true. Does anyone notice that these are the exact same things that were said about Afganistan?The war will consist of two major events, protecting the oil fields and a race to Baghdad. Only the very loyal will put up a fight, and our military stands prepared to take them on. It won't be a cakewalk, but it won't take long either. In the end, the Iraqi people will be liberated, Saddam's torture chambers and prisons emptied, the brutal rapes will stop, and the economy will take off, and 25% of Iraq's GDP will no long go toward the military in an effort to protect a tyrant.
But call me selfish, the most important thing is that Saddam will never be writing checks to family members of suicide bombers again - in Israel or here in America. Oh, wait . . . something very sweet is the French and Russians will lose billions in oil contracts signed with the deposed despot. Ha!
Blog post #2 in category
Military Stuff
posted 15 March 03