On Iraq, the troops and the military.
The situation in Iraq continues to grow worse, with the largest suicide bomb attack yet, killing 135 and wounding 300. And of course it is our fault for disbanding or attempting to disband a militia that ran death squads. It is not the Iraqi armys fault for not supplying the troops they were supposed to in the first place to secure baghdad. If the Iraqi people wont fight for their country, why should we? Of course it isnt up to their police with street level knowledge who just turn a blind eye. It must be our fault for not stopping it, just like it would be if we werent there. You cant win for losing if you are the U.S.
In watching some footage of US military action in Iraq I am disgusted with the way some of our servicemen are conducting themselves although I understand they are undera tremendous straina nd performing a job for which they werent trained. It seems in watching them at raids of homes and traffic stops that the only thing they were trained to do is tell the Iraqis to shutup. What we are currently having our troops do is act as police, soldiers who were not trained to deal with people on that level or ask the right questions now respond with shutups, yelling and cussing. ALl of which is not condusive to good investigations or gathering any info, let alone winning over hearts and minds.
Lastly I have been watching alot on the military channel on a show called Weaponology. If your not familiar with the show, it highlights all sorts of new technology and advances it also mentions the cast of said technology and advances. I can help but be blown away by how much is spent on high speed long range bombers and massive tanks and artillery pieces. Does the pentagon not see that the wars of today previoulsy the wars of the future are nto fought like they used to be. It seems as if we still have the cold war idea that the most bombers and most armor will win the war. Clearly this is not the case in Iraq which is how wars are going to be fought in the future, full scale land wars are a thing of the past it is all aobut covert ops now, small units and precision bombing. The best exampls is the Abrams tank, the best tank in the world, the only tank that can destroy it is another Abrams. Thats all well and good, but the Iraqis dont have tanks to destroy it with, instead they destroy 50 million(a guess) worth of american armor and technology with an IED that probalby has 15 dollars worth of material.
The focus needs to change and the bulk of US military spending needs to be reassesed. We cant keep fighting a cold war that no longer exsists and until we do our troops will go into combat without what they need. With vehicles deteriorrating and in disrepair due to sand, with home units not having equipment to train and with humvees and other vehicles not armored because instead we had to invest money in building an artiullery piece so big that not even our cargo planes can move it. Good spending by a great administration, gotta love it.
In watching some footage of US military action in Iraq I am disgusted with the way some of our servicemen are conducting themselves although I understand they are undera tremendous straina nd performing a job for which they werent trained. It seems in watching them at raids of homes and traffic stops that the only thing they were trained to do is tell the Iraqis to shutup. What we are currently having our troops do is act as police, soldiers who were not trained to deal with people on that level or ask the right questions now respond with shutups, yelling and cussing. ALl of which is not condusive to good investigations or gathering any info, let alone winning over hearts and minds.
Lastly I have been watching alot on the military channel on a show called Weaponology. If your not familiar with the show, it highlights all sorts of new technology and advances it also mentions the cast of said technology and advances. I can help but be blown away by how much is spent on high speed long range bombers and massive tanks and artillery pieces. Does the pentagon not see that the wars of today previoulsy the wars of the future are nto fought like they used to be. It seems as if we still have the cold war idea that the most bombers and most armor will win the war. Clearly this is not the case in Iraq which is how wars are going to be fought in the future, full scale land wars are a thing of the past it is all aobut covert ops now, small units and precision bombing. The best exampls is the Abrams tank, the best tank in the world, the only tank that can destroy it is another Abrams. Thats all well and good, but the Iraqis dont have tanks to destroy it with, instead they destroy 50 million(a guess) worth of american armor and technology with an IED that probalby has 15 dollars worth of material.
The focus needs to change and the bulk of US military spending needs to be reassesed. We cant keep fighting a cold war that no longer exsists and until we do our troops will go into combat without what they need. With vehicles deteriorrating and in disrepair due to sand, with home units not having equipment to train and with humvees and other vehicles not armored because instead we had to invest money in building an artiullery piece so big that not even our cargo planes can move it. Good spending by a great administration, gotta love it.
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