Re: Russia, Iran, and NASA


"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> It is hard to create an Iraqi force when 45% of the Iraqi
> population say they support attacks on Americans.
> (That's from a CNN/USAToday poll).


That's not what I'm reading. They've made the pay for
the military and police rather high and have plenty
of new recruits coming in.


>
> I'm reading a new book written by an embed about
> the Marines in last year's Fallujah battles. It tells the
> story of an Iraqi brigade that was called up from
> Baghdad to assist. They weren't called in to fight.
> They were only going to handle roadblocks and the
> like. The Iraqi brigade suffered something like 30%
> casualties (mostly defections) en route - and they never
> even made it the entire way.
>
> At one point they drove into a disorganized ambush
> on a Baghdad street. There are three ways to respond
> to an ambush: drive through it rapidly to escape (often
> best), turn to attack the ambushers (typical U.S. Marine
> response), or, worst, stop in the kill zone. Guess what
> the Iraqis did? U.S. soldiers had to rescue them, at the
> cost of one or two more of our fellow U.S. citizen's lives.


And now Mosul and Najaf are policed by Iraqis only.
They've been quietly rebuilding the officer corps with
former Bathists. It's been the lack of competent officers
that's been the problem. They've had to rebuild the Iraqi
army from the bottom up first. So the officer corps comes
last, which means the competence and organization comes
last as well.


>
> When the Marines and Army are gone, these Iraqi
> outfits won't be able to hold one square inch of
> places like Anbar province, where even the highly
> effective, well trained U.S. units cannot maintain
> control of many cities.


We can maintain control of any city we chose to. The
ones we've cleared and left only get retaken by the
insurgents. But we're not leaving any more, and the
recent offensive is clearing out the largest Fallujah like
strongholds for the Jihadists along the border.
We've been steadily driving them west for the last
year or so. Now their backs are finally against the
wall.

And another point, the Jihadists have been quickly losing
support in Arab public opinion around the region and in
Iraq. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan have all launched
major efforts to control the Jihadists as public opinion
is demanding.

Don't you see the big picture? By invading Iraq we've forced
the extremists into attacking fellow Arabs and their govts.
So now it's their problem too, and theirs to fix....now.

And another point strongly in our favor. The Grand Ayatollah
Sistani's word is law in Iraq for the vast majority. And he is
telling us how the govt should be shaped. Sistani is the
biggest supporter of the elections and constitution.
He issues religious orders for all Shiites to vote, and to vote
for democracy.

You have to keep your eye on the ball, defeating the Jihadists
and spreading democracy is what matters. On both counts
we're winning, and will win.









>
> >
> > >I like this quote.
> >
> > Why? Does it please you to think we're losing the war?
>
> Absolutely not. I like the quote, but not the truth
> that it tells. The quote captures the essence of
> what is happening in the classic insurgency war
> that is going on in Iraq.
>
> >
> > >"the Americans and the allied forces are everywhere,
> > >but they are nowhere."
> > >
> > >"http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2005/051113-control-lines.htm";
> >
> > Oh. Them.
>
> - Ed Kyle
>


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