And neither is the Iraqi military.
Why should the USA military enter a country without any national defense? I find it really interesting how Daesh manages to rearm itself while the Iraqi military runs away.
Zalmay Khalilzad is Counselor at CSIS and President and CEO of Khalilzad Associates, an international advisory firm. Under President George W. Bush, Khalilzad served as US Ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the United Nations. Ambassador Khalilzad was born and raised in Afghanistan, and studied at the American University of Beirut, where he received his BA and MA. Later he received his PhD from the University of Chicago.
From 1979-1984, Khalilzad was Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. Khalilzad served on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff and as Special Advisor to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs from 1985-1989. He was Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning from 1990 to 1992. In November 2003, President Bush appointed Khalilzad Ambassador to Afghanistan, a position he held until 2005, when he became US Ambassador to Iraq. In 2007, he was confirmed unanimously to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations, a post he held until January 2009.
Iraq is a disaster. Why should the American people invest any more time, treasure and American blood on a completely failed state?
President Obama continues to be generous in actually believing Iraq is worth the effort.
The American people have been through this type of disaster time and again. Our experience with our military inevitably fails. There is a strong history to support that INCLUDING Iraq.
In Vietnam, the day the Americans left Saigon, the President of South Vietnam called the leaders of North Vietnam to surrender. He did that as the North Vietnamese rolled their tanks into the compound where he was. I am trying to recall who's tanks they were and I want to say it was Chinese tanks. It could have been Russian tanks, but, I think it was China who supplied the tanks to the North Vietnamese.
China was as tired of the killing as the American people were. If the President of the United States that took office after the implication that Richard Nixon was involved in illegal activity regarding the security of the Democratic Headquarters didn't pull the American troops out of Vietnam; I am fairly confident China would not have tolerated the killing much longer. The Americans would have faced far more than Chinese tanks driven by North Vietnamese soldiers.
Yep. The American tanks were busy being ambulance before all the troops were pulled out of the country.
Why should the USA military enter a country without any national defense? I find it really interesting how Daesh manages to rearm itself while the Iraqi military runs away.
Zalmay Khalilzad is Counselor at CSIS and President and CEO of Khalilzad Associates, an international advisory firm. Under President George W. Bush, Khalilzad served as US Ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the United Nations. Ambassador Khalilzad was born and raised in Afghanistan, and studied at the American University of Beirut, where he received his BA and MA. Later he received his PhD from the University of Chicago.
From 1979-1984, Khalilzad was Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. Khalilzad served on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff and as Special Advisor to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs from 1985-1989. He was Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning from 1990 to 1992. In November 2003, President Bush appointed Khalilzad Ambassador to Afghanistan, a position he held until 2005, when he became US Ambassador to Iraq. In 2007, he was confirmed unanimously to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations, a post he held until January 2009.
Iraq is a disaster. Why should the American people invest any more time, treasure and American blood on a completely failed state?
President Obama continues to be generous in actually believing Iraq is worth the effort.
The American people have been through this type of disaster time and again. Our experience with our military inevitably fails. There is a strong history to support that INCLUDING Iraq.
In Vietnam, the day the Americans left Saigon, the President of South Vietnam called the leaders of North Vietnam to surrender. He did that as the North Vietnamese rolled their tanks into the compound where he was. I am trying to recall who's tanks they were and I want to say it was Chinese tanks. It could have been Russian tanks, but, I think it was China who supplied the tanks to the North Vietnamese.
China was as tired of the killing as the American people were. If the President of the United States that took office after the implication that Richard Nixon was involved in illegal activity regarding the security of the Democratic Headquarters didn't pull the American troops out of Vietnam; I am fairly confident China would not have tolerated the killing much longer. The Americans would have faced far more than Chinese tanks driven by North Vietnamese soldiers.Yep. The American tanks were busy being ambulance before all the troops were pulled out of the country.
