Yesterday 16 bombs exploded in Baghdad in a coordinated attack led by al Qaeda-connected Sunnis. At last count, 67 people were dead and 169 injured.
What happened in Iraq yesterday was a foretaste of what will happen in Afghanistan when we leave there. It will explode into sectarian violence, and the wrong side will triumph.
In Iraq it's going to be either the al Qaeda-aided Sunnis or the majority Shiites. Or maybe they carve the country up. And whatever leadership emerges will almost certainly eventually establish a theocracy which can't be voted out.
Obama's pronouncement three days ago that Iraq was now "sovereign, stable, and self-reliant" was, well, pure Obama. (True, Obama didn't get us into the war; he just put a false ending on it.)
After Saddam was overthrown we wasted a lot of time there ensuring.....what, exactly? In the end, what will we have accomplished? Did we actually build a stable and self-reliant government? We stood as good a chance of converting the Iraqis to Christianity.
The same will happen in Afghanistan. We got our man (and Osama wasn't even in that country). So what are we fighting for now? The Taliban may wait a week, rather than just a day, but their ultimate triumph is just as inevitable. The best we can do while we're there is merely repress them.
What are we waiting for?
Oh, that's right, the Presidential election.
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Mission accomplished in Iraq.
Next stop Iran!
- Ed
John--Had I not just spoke with my nephew, an attorney with the US Army, I would have no understanding of exactly what you were referring to in this post--except to just take your word for it. Turns out, he said just what you did. Without being long winded, it's essentially a hopeless situation, according to him, and has been for eons. Some things I'll just never understand. Merry Christmas! Brian
Brian --
Merry Christmas to you and your perspicacious nephew.
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