Iraq, all over again

We are now faced with a situation where 1500 to 2500 insurgents are racing across Iraq leaving headless bodies in towns all across the landscape.  These are the same towns and villages that our troops fought and died for just a few short years ago.  I can still remember the sight of these animals dragging the bodies of our service men through the streets of Fallujah.    We have a President in Iraq that we propped up with the understanding that he would form a coalition government that would include all the major ideologies and sects in the country, instead he used this power to form a Shiite state that excluded the Sunnis and others.  This is leading to civil war, a war that we will somehow find ourselves dragged into.  This was totally predictable, when President Obama came out with a pullout date and left no residual force in place, the vacuum was filled by radical Muslim insurgents. 

Iraq is made up of basically two tribal communities, there are more in the country such as the Kurds and Christians but Shiite's and Sunni's make up the majority of the population.  The hatred between these two entities goes back centuries and the only way they will ever learn to play together is by sharing power and making any discretion showing favoritism punishable by the same brutal standards that these people live by.  We have one obligation in Iraq and that is  to protect American interests.  By using a few Black Ops and airpower we should be able to stop these advances.  It is in our best interest to take out as many terrorists whenever the opportunity arises.  We will never build a democracy in the Middle East we just need to insure that their violence doesn't spread to our shores or our allies in Jordan and Israel.  Whenever a  potential problem such as terror training camps is suspected we should eliminate them immediately without warning. I would rather be the most hated country in the world then have those animals once again gain access to our land.  The mistakes this administration has made in their Middle East policy has set back our efforts there a generation.   

Wars don’t end when one party cuts and runs, they end when the conflict is over and this conflict has been going on since the Crusades.  Wars are not won by the faint of heart, they are won by using all available assets in a brutal and conscienceless assault.  Wars are not won by tying one hand behind the back of our military with idiotic rules of engagement.  Wars are won by the strategy of the Generals in the field, not by the proclamation of Politicians in Washington D.C.

I feel so sorry for the families of those who died and those who suffered grave injury during this war as I watch in disgust our government’s failure to preserve these hard fought victories.  As we did in Japan, Germany and South Korea leaving a residual force capable of quick police action was necessary to maintain stability in the region.  As it now stands we are destined to make the same mistakes in Afghanistan.  Just once I would like to see our leaders learn from history rather than repeat the same gaffs over and over.