Gulf II

Well here we are midway through April and the Iraqi conflict is in essence over. I believe I predicted it over in about a month and as I said in previous writings Sadam would not stick around and fight to the death I figured he'd skip town like the pathetic coward he is.
We can expect some continuous mopping up as goes with all conflicts and im actually surprised with some of the reception i've seen toward the US military. I never much believed we'd be greeted by flowers as liberators but I figured the people of Iraq are well tired of Sadam and are ready to try something different.
I think it was a blessing in terms of policy that we didnt bring the 4th mechanized thru Turkey and militarily speaking it is astonishing how swift and decisive this conflict has been resolved primarily only using 2 infantry divisions.
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Pay notice to the fact that although the conflict is mostly decided, we're currently still bringing in the 1st mech army, the 4th mech army has just entered the war theater and I believe the 1st calvary marines amongst other divisions are also entering Iraq and there is good reason for this.
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Stability on the ground is the focus but recall from my previous writings that I told you US foreign policy envisions a stronghold opportunity in Iraq to oversee the conduct of neighboring nemesis like saudi arabia, Iran and Syria. The US will now have an on the scene force capable of engaging any of those countries on multiple fronts should a situation call for it.
With the previous idea in mind I confess I am stunned by the foolish conduct of Syria at this time in essence harboring if not aiding and abetting Iraqi war criminals, what an absolutely foolish position to be in, an enemy regime is defeated in 3 weeks and so Syria gets the clever idea to help them basically as they've lost the war. Even France isnt that stupid (albeit close)
I dont anticipate any attacks or next on the list plans for Syria but clearly this country needs to rethink its conduct like yesterday!
I can tell you that historically Syrian people have suffered immensly under all sorts of conquering rule. In recent history Syria has been notorious for supporting terror organizations and undertaking doomed military adventures; in fact, Syria has never won a military conflict. On 2 or 3 occasions the Syrians engaged the Isrealis and each time they were beaten badly. Lets hope the current Syrian leadership is wiser than its past.
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Lets keep in mind that this remodeling in Iraq will take time. The Iraqi people dont know much of democracy, even before Sadam there wasnt much democracy in Iraq and these people understand power; who has the most of it at a given time, they will have to learn to get along. I thought it was a great sign to see Iraqi citizens protesting in complaint to the lack of security in Baghdad, they are quickly learning how to complain, wow thats the american way!!!
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