It’s official, size ten flying shoes to the contrary notwithstanding:
"The police are generally helpless, hundreds of thousands of middle-class Mexicans have fled the border region, often to the United States (if they had dual-citizenship, which many do). Those without money must hunker down and wait for someone to win this war."
We could put the gangsters out of business and stop it all, if Barry had the nerve to end the failed drug war.
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Posted in Iraq, Obamalot, South of the Border, Texana
Tagged Drug War, Iraq, Mexico, StrategyPage
If/when we leave Iraq in large numbers, the so-called chaos and civil war could be short-lived, indeed:
"…with U.S. troops gone, the Iraqi security forces will be inclined to wage war the traditional way. That means massive use of firepower against civilians in any neighborhood where the Sunni Arab terrorists show up, or are found. In Syria, the 1982 uprising by Islamic radicals was put down, in part, by the destruction of the town of Hamat, and the massacre of over 10,000 civilians there."
Meanwhile, confusion continues, with a British think-tank saying Iraq is near collapse. I suspect that Gen. Patraeus, who sees "stunning progress" in al Anbar province, obviously disagrees.
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Posted in Iraq, The War, Troops
Tagged Chatham House, Gen. Petraeus, StrategyPage
From StrategyPage:
"Without much fanfare, much less a press release, the [Iraqi] government and Coalition troops have gone to war with Moqtada al Sadr’s Madhi Army militia. Leaders are being arrested or killed. The raids are being carried out with overwhelming speed and force, so that pro-Sadr gunmen have little chance to put up effective resistance."
General Abizaid told Congress last year things would start to turn around by February.
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Posted in Iraq, The War, Troops
Tagged Iraq, Moqtada al Sadr's militia, StrategyPage
Here’s something you seldom hear amid the chatter about the vulnerability of the Russian arsenal. Even if you find some Russian nukes to steal, you may not be able to make them work:
"Russian nukes are more high maintenance than most, and after as little as six months without tinkering and replacement of worn parts, the bombs no longer work."
Via StrategyPage.com
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