Posted on 08/11/2007 4:28:35 PM PDT by bnelson44
It would be nice if we could get a Gurka unit to take over the spot.
Nonsense. The British and American governments have committed troops and considerable treasure to prevented such a nightmare scenario. Where has this "senior source" been sleeping for the past five years?
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I love the unbiased press.
“About 2,000 trucks a day travel down the highway in high-security convoys, carrying more than 90 per cent of the food, water, ammunition and equipment for the 161,000-strong US force. The route remains a key target for insurgents and just last week two British soldiers were killed on it while providing security for a convoy.”....Yes, we have expected the British to protect our critical supply lines from Kuwait. It may be best if we do it for ourselves now, at, albeit, greater cost. As such a supply line is a definite ‘Achilles Heel’ I know that we have watched the Brits with a detailed eye while they have played their role to protect that supply line. Iraq may be the last venture we will engage in with Britain as a nation-state ally..Britains engulfment with the EU may not be far off. In sum, the Brown govt. in Britain is not the ally the Blair govt. was. I know we have planned for what is playing out. I like the idea of US forces securing the supply lines of US forces.
The Brits haven’t been involved with proactive patrolling, etc for quite some time and the result is that their areas of ‘control’ in Iraq are extremely unstable and unsafe. Much ground has been lost there.
There, we simply MUST be accurate.
Perhaps so, but I was making a different point. The "senior source" accuses the UK and US governments of being unaware of the stakes in Iraq. That is nonsense.
If anything, those who oppose the war seem unaware of the nightmare that could follow if we are forced to abandon the mission too soon. Either that, or they just don't care.
The ensuing carpet bombing of cities that will we need to knock them back in the box will be on the liberal's hands. But they'll just pat bloody handprints on their own backs, because surrender helped them win a few house seats.
I had a feeling that he was "that" John Pike.
That’s the way it has always been.
PS: It seems as though we only have “allies” when we have to save their asses.
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Unfortunately Iraq has been made such a political hot potato that many governements cannot afford, politically, to participate. Too many politicians with too little backbone.
We do have some allies, but most (not all) are quite jumpy and shaky when the ride is getting though. Most of the (old) European “allies” are expendable. When the sh*t hits the fan it’s America who is in the front trench.
Reminds me of the lead in to Red Dawn back in the '80s: "America stands alone".
Is Britain about to cover itself in shame? Is the new PM really ready to do such a thing?
I am convinced of 3 things about all of this...
1) The Brits will pull out leaving a power vacuum
2) That vacuum will be filled by Shiites (read: Iran)
3) In the end, no matter how long we or the British stay, I am convinced that the Iraqi’s will screw this up hugely. They are hellbent on tribal savagery and a thousand years of Western guidance, training, blood and treasure can’t change it because the Death Cult of Islam trumps absolutely everything.
But between now and then we should do our best and kill huge numbers of terrorists in the bug zapper we call Iraq.
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