Winning the War in Iraq

Iraq is winnable, I say.

Bush to Ignore the Iraq Study Group's Principle Recommendations

It is rumored that President Bush will choose to ignore the Iraq Study Group's recommendation to shift the U.S. role there from combat to training Iraqi troops, and instead will "double down" the number of troops in Iraq, siding with military advisors and John McCain. The American armed forces will, it is said, also concentrate on going after Moqtada al Sadr, who commands the rogue Mahdi Army, which is causing so many of the problems in Iraq.

If this is true, I'm partly happy, since this is part of my recommendation.I side with McCain in wanting to increase troop levels, but I think this is useless unless we also change the nature of the war, away from political correctness and towards fighting to win.

Elephant in the Room

In addition, no one is thinking about engaging the real people with whom we are at war, Syria and Iran. These are our enemies. They are the countries that are training, arming, supplying and delivering the insurgents into Iraq. We don’t have enough troops to shut off the borders from infiltration nor supplies from these nations.

Widen the War

Americans are reluctant to widen the war. Many would prefer that we simply withdraw from Iraq. My feeling is that there is no withdrawing from this war.

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We might withdraw from Iraq, but we cannot withdraw from the war on terror, as it is not up to us to determine this. The terrorists have big goals, like dominating the Middle East, and the world, and will not rest until they have won. I prefer that we fight this war now, not later when our casualties will be whole American cities.

I prefer that we widen the war now. I disagree with the notion that we must have "boots on the ground" in every case. Our army is stretched so thin now that sending them to additional countries is not feasible. I suggest instead that we bomb the hell out of Syria and Iran. Yes, I understand the consequences. Iran would shut off its oil and maybe there'd be other oil consequences in the world, so it would devastate our economy for a while. Plus, Syria and Iran would do their best to retaliate, against us and especially against our ally, Israel.

The Only Thing to Fear, Is Fear Itself

In a time of war, a country governed by fear is destined to lose. What are we afraid of anyway? We are already at war with these people. They are trying to kill us. They are working to destroy us. Bombing Iran could stop or deter their nuclear threat. It would certainly help Israel. Israel would be in favor of the idea. It could help us win the war in Iraq.

The world, and liberals, would condemn us for this unprovoked aggression, but what else is new?

As for bombing Syria, they aren't much of a threat, except in the war in Iraq.

The upside outweighs the downside. The biggest strategic threat in the Middle East today is Iran; experts agree on this. Let's decide to win, both the war in Iraq, and the war on terror. Let's take care of this problem now.

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Rock


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