Iraq Coalition-less by 2007?
That may be the case if, according to an article published in the UK, troops are all pulled out by then, as the article advocates. However, according to information gathered by Captain's Quarters, the President of Iraq has said that there is and will be no time table to troops leaving Iraq.
Now I would trust the word of the President of Iraq over that of the British Media. As great is the progress that the Iraqi Army is making, the question is within a year would they be able to assume responsibility for the security of the entire country? I don't know, but at first reaction, I doubt it. As such the coalition troops would need to stay on until the commanders are sure that the Iraqi forces are ready to take over.
In addition, it is easy to see that the terrorists would want to drive the coalition out of Iraq at all costs, seeing the removal of troops from the country as a victory on many levels. One must not forget that before 9/11 and the beginning of the war on terror, Al Queda watched and waited, observing the United States and how we dealt with conflict and combat. In their watching, they surmised that America was the paper tiger that could be defeated easily as she was in Vietnam, Lebanon, Somolia, and other places (according to them). The efforts of the United States since 9/11 have crushed, in many respects, that paper tiger idea.
However, we know that Al-Queda is still watching us, even as we root out and kill their best and brightest. In watching us, they take note of the political infighting that has happened within the last five years between the Executive and Legislative branches of government; the attempts on the part of Democrats in Congress and liberal special interest groups to weaken the United States when it comes to National Security and undermine the mission that our men and women in uniform find themselves on. It is the desire and chief aim of the terrorists to bring down and defeat the United States; the things that are reported by the media and the subsequent effect that those reports have on those of us here at home (stories that never tell the whole tale or misrepresent what is actually happening in hopes of striking a blow at a Administration and President that the media hates) aid the terrorists, as they affect those fighting the GWOT and leave them mistified as to why the people they are fighting for would listen and believe such rubbish. As Al-Queda watches this they sit back and hope that such developments, like the article published in the UK, would lead to greater support for a pull-out.
And yet, the President of Iraq is saying that there is no time table. I always did apprecaite the "boots on the ground" persepctive more than that of the talking heads...
Now I would trust the word of the President of Iraq over that of the British Media. As great is the progress that the Iraqi Army is making, the question is within a year would they be able to assume responsibility for the security of the entire country? I don't know, but at first reaction, I doubt it. As such the coalition troops would need to stay on until the commanders are sure that the Iraqi forces are ready to take over.
In addition, it is easy to see that the terrorists would want to drive the coalition out of Iraq at all costs, seeing the removal of troops from the country as a victory on many levels. One must not forget that before 9/11 and the beginning of the war on terror, Al Queda watched and waited, observing the United States and how we dealt with conflict and combat. In their watching, they surmised that America was the paper tiger that could be defeated easily as she was in Vietnam, Lebanon, Somolia, and other places (according to them). The efforts of the United States since 9/11 have crushed, in many respects, that paper tiger idea.
However, we know that Al-Queda is still watching us, even as we root out and kill their best and brightest. In watching us, they take note of the political infighting that has happened within the last five years between the Executive and Legislative branches of government; the attempts on the part of Democrats in Congress and liberal special interest groups to weaken the United States when it comes to National Security and undermine the mission that our men and women in uniform find themselves on. It is the desire and chief aim of the terrorists to bring down and defeat the United States; the things that are reported by the media and the subsequent effect that those reports have on those of us here at home (stories that never tell the whole tale or misrepresent what is actually happening in hopes of striking a blow at a Administration and President that the media hates) aid the terrorists, as they affect those fighting the GWOT and leave them mistified as to why the people they are fighting for would listen and believe such rubbish. As Al-Queda watches this they sit back and hope that such developments, like the article published in the UK, would lead to greater support for a pull-out.
And yet, the President of Iraq is saying that there is no time table. I always did apprecaite the "boots on the ground" persepctive more than that of the talking heads...
posted by A. R. Welty at 9:44 PM
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