Our colleagues (and my fellow Marines), Dave Dilegge and Bill Nagle of Small Wars Journal were on Washington Post Live today.
Go read it– good stuff, uncensored, substantive answers. One example:
New York: What is the best-case scenario, and what is the realistic possibility that Iraq can become a stable country — or does it appear hopelessly bound to continued ethnic fighting?
Bill Nagle: I think our entire species is hopelessly bound to continued ethnic fighting. We’ve been at it for eons, and even in the heart of the first world we are rife with tensions.
However, once you get out of the Logan’s Run concept and identify with an acceptable level of violence, then the answer is definitive — yes, Iraq can become a stable country.
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Great read! Your views are very similar to my own!