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Originally Posted by spittle8
It seems rather asinine that we are bogged down by a nation as small as Iraq. It really infuriates me. I can understand we messed up, but even having mishandled things, it seems insane that our power projection is busy with occupying a nation like Iraq. Quite discouraging.  I'm not forgetting our troops stationed in other parts of the world, still. |
Depends on your definition of "bogged down." If you mean bogged down as in Iraq is not a self-sufficient democracy, yes, we're bogged down. If you mean bogged down as in "our morale is broken and our army is living hand to mouth (I have no idea what this means)" then you are sadly mistaken.
Iraq is bogged down because we're trying to police the nation. We weren't bogged down when we faced off against the Iraqi army.
Our military is designed to kill armies. We're not very good at occupying or policing a huge territory.
Should Kim Jong-Il try something stupid tomorrow, I have no doubt our military will rip him a new one, but not without some heavy losses though. From a standing start, North Korea is ready to charge with somthing like 1 million troops at the ready line. We'll delay and withdraw to Pusan, like Sniper said, and wait for reinforcement and the NK forces to run itself out. Then it's open season for the US air power.