Subduing the Insurgency 3

  As a Canadian looking at things from a distance, I would have gone about the inavasion of Iraq a litle differently. I fully supported the the United States in her efforts after 9-11, especially in light of her major allies, to my shame that includes Canada under those goddamn Liberals, abandoned her when it became apparent that there was some serious work that had to be done. The U.N., France and Russia, which America has helped on countless occasions, got up from the table and buggered off when the check arrived. But all that is history now. I would have gone it alone also had I been President, but I would've gone in with 500 thousand troops, not 160 thousand. Martial law should have declared immediately after the combat phase was over. Moreover, the Iraqi army was disbanded when all nco's should have been retained as it is they who could have formed the new Iraqi security forces. Then and there the insurgency could have been stopped before it started. Instead, Donald Rumsfeld bought a pig in a poke when Paul Wolfowitz said the war should be fought on a $1.98. Look at the mess now! My heart aches for all the coalition casulaties and their families. This war should have been over by now withe Iraqis looking after their own damn mess. I sincerely hope the US finds a way out of this quagmire soon. Your country"s blood must stop being spilled for the sake of these miserable Arabs, who will not thank you when it is all over.

God bless America.