Quote Originally Posted by negotiator6 View Post
...That said, Iran and our other implied adversaries (Russia & China) are making themselves stronger both in military and political terms.
Implied is a good word. Unfriendly is another -- but that word would apply to most nations of the world and has since before WW II.
...The US mil is now dependent of Iraqi sources for "news" and civilian KIA's. The Iraqi's know that "bad news" is likey to quicken the the withdrawl of American troops. That said, the Iraqi's with US oversight are restricting what "news" of local KIA's are validated and provided international media.
Just curious. You have any proof of that; the 'US oversight, I mean?
The Iraqi's are bleeding the United States..both in military terms and expense now estimated to be in the multi-billions, yet the Iraqi government has some 70 billion in US banks. IS THERE SOMETHING WROING WITH THIS FACT..?
Other than the misspelling and the amount which probably varies daily, no. Why do you ask?
Keeping US troops in Iraq deminishes our ability to respond to other confrontrations..Iran, China and Russia know this and therefore, as mentioned, will do all they can both individually and collective to keep America tied down in Iraq.
A great number of people enjoy seeing us tied down in Iraq. Most know that diminished US capability is far from being no US capability.
The Saudi's..another beacon of democracy in the Middle East would rather have American blood in the Iraqi sand than Saudi blood.
We have shed a lot of blood a lot of places for a number of beacons of democracy. I doubt the future will offer much change in that.
In short, a political mess!
That's the American way...

As an aside, this is not a site for political commentary except as it pertains to fighting wars. Thanks.