[UnderseaLcpl]

WHY DID THIS HAVE TO POST THIS!!???

Now I have to rant about Iraq because I can't just do the sensible thing and shutup.
I shall try to embrace brevity here.

a) This war/occupation was a waste of time and money.
b) That being said, if you believe in human rights and democracy, it's great.
c) It has the potential to create a stable and (about friggin time) prosperous democratic nation that will help to stabilize surrounding regions. Or piss them off.
d) This occupation is being completely mishandled. What we really need is an army of native arabs who can serve as a KGB to ferret out insurgents. The "coalition" should merely maintain firebases and respond to insugent activity reports. Shows of force and troop presence to reassure the population is a waste of lives.
e) Just when we were in unspeakably massive debt, we open another money pit. Good job Washington.
f) Native Iraqis or Iraqi-Americans should be running our government contracts (in-country, naturally) if our interest is their welfare. Of course, it isn't.
g) Now that we've changed the mess, we should clean it up. It isn't right to destroy a country (no matter how crappy it is) and then just leave it. Millions of Iraqis are counting on the U.S. to bring them a better future like we promised when we blew their world up. Let's just make sure we do it as effeciently as possible and try not to make this mistake again.