Just wanted to pop in to second Triton: “Obama is unqualified for the job of POTUS for soooo many reasons, but for me, his willingness to kill missile defense is a deal-breaker all by itself.”

We’re within a few years now robust missile defense, and if something does break out soon with Iran using a lot of missiles, I think the world will see how close we and our allies currently are. Obama’s blithe promises to kill this technology (he can really only delay it, but badly) is absolutely galling, especially when he believes in fantasies like global warming. He’s against offshore drilling. He pretends he’ll consider nuclear power, but he’s dead set against Yucca Mountain as our waste repository – the sole focus of our efforts in that area since 1987!

Back on Topic: This is an extremely interesting topic – where’s Old Blue?

The obvious difference between Iraq and Afghanistan is that the former has actually been civilized, both in antiquity and in the 20th Century. The latter has been a lawless hellhole since Genghis Khan destroyed whatever was there in 1219. As for the current status, we could sure use Old Blue’s insights.

Us dummies out here are ready to go back to the tried and true solution to enemies coming over borders and harrassing our troops – Arclight. B-52′s as CAS. Can’t beat it.