Here Goes Nothing ...

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I'm not sure about forever but I think we will be fighting terrorism for the rest of my life span. Its a shame that is what things have come to but maybe I could be wrong and I'd be more than happy to say I was wrong about this.

I could not agree more

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I'd have to disagree as Bush has said all allong that it was not going to be easy. I think that we saw in the first Desert Storm and in the beging of the 2nd. we could do what we wanted as far as the war went. We then get there and things slow down and we are not use to this. I would also say that I don't think many thought that these people would flood in there to fight as they have done. I know ther are people saying that they warned of this but the only warnings I remember is of the thousands of Americans that would die in the first stages of the war. Then that didn't happen so now they are saying they warned of this. I will agree that the Mission Accomplished was not a good idea but that also tells me that our Generals did not expect this insurgancy after we took hold in Iraq. I do remember that Information Minister doing that press conference as the tanks where rolling in and the press guys telling him that we had tanks just over the hill behind him but he just keep on talking.

I don't think I said Bush said Iraq would be incredibly easy, what I said (or meant to say) was that he didn't adequately prepare the public for what the Iraq invasion and occupation would entail. Various Bush officials repeatedly said that they didn't expect such a resilient and large insurgency. The Administration's total beat-down of General Shinseke for saying that an occupation would require far more than 150,000 is a good illustration of how they underestimated what it would take to "win" Iraq.

I just refuse to believe that our military leaders were dumb enough to actually think that a massive U.S. invasion of an Arab state wouldn't produce an insurgency. I think my 8-y.o. nephew could have figured that one out.