Post by cbk on Dec 18, 2009 13:35:03 GMT -5
Apparently shooting off rockets to scare their neighbors isn't enough for Iran. They invaded Iraq's territory to occupy, for at least a little while, a disputed oil field that is supposed to be share by the two countries. There were soldiers from Iraq in the area but they put up no resistance.
Now I don't know who really has the legal right to the land involved but it's pretty clear that no body from Iraq cared enough to try to hold on to it. Without the American presence I believe Iraq and Iran will go back to fighting in their typical way. I'm not saying they don't have ANY brave people but their Armies don't seem particularly brave. They remind me of my boys when they were younger. A lot of yelling, a bit of shoving and invading each others closets and toy boxes, but no real organized conquests.
Unless we are prepared to stay in the area Iraq and Afghanistan are lost causes. Their people just are tribal in nature rather than being loyal to their country. And why not? The whole area was carved up, by the West, into artificial countries which tried to combine tribes that just don't like each other. Some day we may learn to study the situation before we act. But this one was mainly Great Britain's fault. For once, not ours!
Now I don't know who really has the legal right to the land involved but it's pretty clear that no body from Iraq cared enough to try to hold on to it. Without the American presence I believe Iraq and Iran will go back to fighting in their typical way. I'm not saying they don't have ANY brave people but their Armies don't seem particularly brave. They remind me of my boys when they were younger. A lot of yelling, a bit of shoving and invading each others closets and toy boxes, but no real organized conquests.
Unless we are prepared to stay in the area Iraq and Afghanistan are lost causes. Their people just are tribal in nature rather than being loyal to their country. And why not? The whole area was carved up, by the West, into artificial countries which tried to combine tribes that just don't like each other. Some day we may learn to study the situation before we act. But this one was mainly Great Britain's fault. For once, not ours!
