[alleramilitaria]

bill
a little backround, 21 years army 4 wars, both desert storm and OIF, i live here at ft hood and have friends call me from iraq every once in a while.

while in iraq when left alone tha army was doing a great job at cleaning out areas and letting the locals do there job. the thing was we were 3 years late in building a proper iraqi army (ICDC sucked). but now we are winning, and everyone now sees proof of that... even the trator john murtha.

the problem was when the USMC came to town they screwed everything up. iraq is not a war, its not a civil war. the problem is that there are other countries trying to pit the iraqies agenst each other and the vast amount of the time it is not working.
sometimes yes, most times no.

the surg is working, no mater how you slice it vilonce is down.

sunies by the thousands are joining the army and police.

the iraqi army is now able to conduct infantry and armor combat patroles on there own, soon they will have a air wing to call on.
the navy will be on its own in about a month.

we need the marines out of iraq, they only do 6 month tours. the army 12-15 months. they dont have time to build up contacts and ties to the iraqies like we did and so sometimes shoot first and move out. then the army has to come in and smooth things over.

about the JSF
remember that some of the do everything AC in the past have been big flops, and some of the designer AC have become the best multi rol ac ever.

dave d.