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425 Chaotic Requisition
The British troops recently got back in great numbers from Iraq, but are still in Afghanistan. The US are there in both still. But like Vietnam the West are not absolutley good at winning a guerilla tactical enemy. We are not keeping the situation together in Iraq, in fact perhaps have worsened it, so the question is 'are we winning?' That is of course is if there is anything to win :?.
In Iraq, YES!
The greatest terrorist in the Middle East was Saddam Husein.
He hasa been caught and executed. So, IMO, our mission there should be terminated as soon as possible.
Husein attacked Kuwait, Iran, the Kurds and the Shia's and was paying families $5000 that sacrificed a son for their cause.
Before we vacate Iraq, we must get a commitment from the Shia's to respect the territory of the Kurds. Then leave.
It would be to the benefit of the Shia's to promote their democracy since they have the numbers.
The only thing they would have to do is prevent a coup D'etat by the Sunnis.
They are the evil ones and more violent.
Educate the people that it is to their advantage to have freedom with a representative government, rather than a restrictive genicidal religion.
In Afghanistan, we should promote a union between Afghanistan and Pakistan against the terrorists. This should discourage the terrorists to abandon their war on these two countries.
We should also wage a psychological war by dropping leaflets to the border areas of these two countries to encourage them to leave these areas so none would die of accidental bombings.
Cosmo