Sending the Troops into a Trap

The idea of putting 127,000 troops into Bagdahd to "retake" the city would seem to be a sign of just how bad things are going in Iraq. Without getting into the reasons for the current conditions on the ground, I think we need to seriously question the strategy being employed in Iraq, or lack thereof.

We're putting our troops right in the middle of a civil war in Iraq that being flamed by broader ethnic tensions in the middle east; Israel just finished pounding the Shia in the southern part of Lebanon (which was perceived as having the blessing of the U.S.) in a failed effort to wipe our Hezbollah. Hezbollah is backed by the Sunni majority state of Syria and the Shia majority state of Iran, both of which boarder Iraq and have the ability to affect the flow of weapons, insurgents, rhetoric and cash into Baghdad.

By sending all our troops into Baghdad, aren't we just making for a bigger and easier target for our enemies to strike?

Iranian Shells Land in Kurdish Villages in Northern Iraq, Killing 2 - New York Times:
American officials have accused Iran of supporting Hezbollah in its recent battle against Israel. This month, the American ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said Iran had been pushing small Shiite militias to step up attacks against the American-led forces in retaliation for Israel’s assault on Lebanon.

An American military spokesman said some Shiite militias had been training in Iran and had received weapons from individuals or groups in that country.

We are going back to Baghdad not because of any failure of our troops, but because of the failures of our politicians. The irony is that politicians only loose their jobs.

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Comments

[howard]

You are right! Do our politicians know that back in History the kings and voivods used to take the sword to be the first to fight?

[FeliciaCabrera34]

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