It’s over. The Iraqis had four years with backing of the US to get things done. If they really wanted it, they would have it. If the ‘bad guys’ are just a small fraction, they why haven’t they been rubbed out? When the Colonies revolted against British rule, we needed some help from France, but France didn’t have to come in do all the fighting for us, because we wanted our freedom bad enough to take care of business ourselves.
To the British person who mentioned the size of our military allowing other countries to have smaller standing armies: that is simply going to have to change soon. People are going to have to look out for themselves,and America will have to start keeping a lower profile. You might favor it, but I’m sensing (like a sledgehammer) that the world is pretty much sick of America projecting military might. We’re going broke, heck we are broke. We’re seven trillion dollars in debt, and we’re going down the tubes in a dozen different ways. We’re done.
