[merrylander]

To follow on to my last post, we royally screwed up in the events up to and after 9/11. That is water under the bridge now but General Franks should have at least been in Kuwait, not Florida, wars are only run with remotes in computer games. We had bin Laden at Tora Bora and screwed-up.

So now where are we? Well the Iraqi shia have elected themselves a corrupt and inept government, no reason for more of our bravest and best to die. Leave the Kurds plenty of arms, etc. and just get out.

The Afghans are beginning to wake up to the simple fact that alQuaeda and the Taliban have killed more muslims the anyone else. We are quite certain that the nasties are dug in in the mountain caves along the border. "Hello, Diego Suarez, I would like ten B-52s with bunker busters, here are the co-ordinates . . .". Bring the troops home and when the dust settles keep the over flights by the Predators with Hellfires for a year and take them out as necessary.

The other problem Iran is likely on the way to solving itself. The Iranians realize that they went from the frying pan to the fire. Sure the Shaw was bad but the Ayatolla is worse. We might fan the flames very quietly but under the radar.