Now I was all for the action to smack Saddam. I felt, and still do feel, that the UN failed to enforce it's own numerous postions against Iraq.
But I do happen to agree with Skunk abit. (Do wonders never cease?! [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) Let's face it. Our troops over there right now are not a Force of Liberation. We are a Force of Occupation. We were not asked to come overthere like in Kuwait. That we have not truely liberated the population by now shows that the post combat missions are not as well executed as they should be. I am not familiar with the way things are being run over there, but if even part of what you say is true Skunk, then our military really hasn't learnted much from Vietnam.
A force of occupation really only has two options to hold it's objective. Dominate, subjugate, and demoralize it's enemy and the people that would support them. Or, subvert the population so that the enemy has no support. If it is not willing to do one, it absolutely has to do the other. Unfortuneatly, we are doing neither.