We should take lessons from Israel, after all, they have successfully combatted the same circumstances we're facing in Iraq for fifty years with much more success. Instead we're trying to appease NATO, which is great, except it will drag the war on much, much, much longer and it WILL cost more lives (at a slower rate though).
We initiated the war, now we must fight it. We can't treat Iraq like a Western city under martial law, that's ridiculous. Every nation knows they can beat us with long, drawn-out guerilla wars, which is what this is turning into. For God's sake if we try to gingerly step through Iraq, weeding out the insurgents we'll be there for another ten years. Time is not on our side. Each day the war drags on the more people turn against us. We need to control them so we can rebuild their country, and we need to do it FAST. If we continue trying to appease NATO (I mean France), we will suffer immensely, and we may not reach our goals, but if we take lessons from Israel the war will end faster and people will focus on Iraq's success as a nation rather than what we had to do for their independence. I know this sounds cold, and I know people will disagree, but it's a friggin war. We need to put our emotions aside.
