Quote Originally Posted by Major Kong
Something else to consider (to everybody)...do you really think that the region emir's, prince's, sultan's, mullah's and king's are happy about a full fledged democracy being set up in their back yard? Things could get mighty interesting in the next several years. Yes we do live in interesting times.
The reality of that is...they will not be at risk of losing their kingdoms to US invasion as long as they are fair and just with their people. Their people can all be in poverty, as long as they are not being executed, tortured, or otherwise atrociously mistreated for crimes they have not committed. That is the greatest point to be made about the invasion of Iraq, and final conquer of Sadam and his sons...The world is definitely watching and learning.

And I agree with your point, it would have been nice if we had a better plan for the endgame. However, invasions are like a tide, once you commit, you can’t put things on hold or you may eventually give away your hand. As it was we waited longer than we should.

Lastly, question to you Major, we couldn’t get 100% accurate intel out of the country before the war, how could we possibly devise endgame strategies without seizing the country first…? We had no solid communications with alternate political parties within the country that would take over once the dictator was gone.