The Future of the War: It Needs to Be Decided Immediately
BY Herschel Smith
18 years, 4 months ago
In my post “Winning or Losing in the Middle East?” I pointed out the two different trains of thought emerging on the conflict in the middle east. One train of thought believes that we are gradually winning, while the other train of thought believes that our presence is like a dam with a gradually enlarging hole; it is doomed to catastrophic failure at some point.
There is good news on one front. The Sunnis like U.S. presence in their neighborhoods.
BAGHDAD: Predominantly Sunni western Baghdad has long been a battleground for US troops against a firmly entrenched insurgent presence backed by a population that appeared sympathetic to the rebels.Now, however, that attitude is changing as the pace of sectarian violence quickens across the city and raises the grim specter of civil war.For western Baghdad’s mainly Sunni residents, Iraq’s increasingly aggressive Shiite militias and their perceived allies in the post-war government security forces are a greater threat than the once hated Americans.“There are armed Shiites from the Mehdi Army coming with the police and the police commandos wearing black uniforms, talking about getting revenge on the Sunnis,
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