douglaschick21's Blog

It seems every time we interfere with another society, regardless of how good intentioned we are, it end in disaster.

I don't think Iraq will revert back to a dictatorship after we leave. There are no signs it would and although the government is coming along slowly, thats not necessarily a bad thing. Let them make their mistakes while we are there.

Now, if we pull out to soon the country will go haywaire again as they are invaded by Iran.

The reason that it ends in disaster if that when we go to war, we don't go to war. All the so called wars (actually conflicts) since the second world war has been controlled by civilians (read non-combat trained and non-combat oriented). War, as they say, is hell. To wage it, one must be willing to kill or die. The civilians that have controlled all of our wars rely on advice from non-combat people (political science in universities are adept at teaching "how to get along with your neighboring coutries"). I have no problem with civilians trying to solve things. But, when you have failed and then you decide to send in the military, then get the hell out of the way and let the military do what they are trained for: COMBAT and loose the dogs of war. Do not make them policemen of the world. They are not trained for law enforcement ideals. Their main mission is to seek out, locate, close with and destroy the enemy. Let them do their job.