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  • Iraq: Failure, mistake, or Success?

    Much has been stated about the fact that we were wrong to enter Iraq. That success is measured by how quickly we can get out of Iraq. Consider this: Iraq is in the heart of what most extremist Muslims consider holy ground. By attacking Iraq we attacked the heart of what the extremist Muslim holds dear. They have responded in force. Millions of ...
    Posted to War Stories by Proudofoursoldiers on March 2, 2008

  • Petraeus Was following orders - Dumb ones!

    Theoretical Solutions to Non-Sequiturian Problems Military officers are trained to do two things. They know how to give orders and they know take orders. General David Howell Petraeus was ordered to devise a comprehensive strategy for counter insurgency and that he did. http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf The problems was, why and for ...
    Posted to War Stories by hotlicks on September 22, 2007

  • Petraeus Was following orders - Dumb ones!

    Theoretical Solutions to Non-Sequiturian Problems Military officers are trained to do two things. They know how to give orders and they know take orders. General David Howell Petraeus was ordered to devise a comprehensive strategy for counter insurgency and that he did. http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf The problems was, why and for ...
    Posted to War Stories by hotlicks on September 22, 2007

  • Conservative Christmas

    The current situation is a dream come true for all the Cold War lovers who felt unfulfilled without a global enemy. Why should anyone be surprised that the Bush administration ignored a warning they received just a few weeks before 9/11/01 that Al Quaeda planned to attack the U.S. using aircraft? How could anyone be surprised that bin Laden was ...
    Posted to War Stories by Telemachus on July 17, 2007

  • Quagmire

    The Iraq War is now officially a quagmire. We can't get out. That's what we're being told. The U.S. cannot leave the poor Iraquis to the wolves our invasion unleashed. And the only reason we want out is so we can attack another country, preferably Iran. We've created a warlord Presidency and whoever is the next warlord, Democrat, Republican, ...
    Posted to Foreigners by Telemachus on July 17, 2007