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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Only a fool would think that.
When this war is over, the real war will be just beginning.
Get ready for waves and waves of terrorist suicide attacks both on your own soil and against US interests overseas.
The real fireworks are about to begin.
Enjoy the show.
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I don't ever like agreeing with Joe6 but he is correct in that when this over is over, the real war will just begin.
What's currently going on in Iraq is not a war. It's a battle. There's no doubt in anyone's mind (except for maybe Saddam or Tariq Aziz) that the U.S. will easily defeat Iraq militarily.
Unfortunately, however, there is no pure military solution to terrorism. If there were, Israel would have figured it out.
We will defeat (or at least minimize) terrorism in the aftermath of the defeat on Iraq. If we follow through on our promises of liberation and truly provide the Iraqis with a better life than they had under Saddam (which shouldn't be hard) we will be in a much better position to convince other Arabs that our intentions are noble. If we don't, we could be screwed.
Israel won 1967's 6-day war decisively, but if what they have suffered in the aftermath is victory, I don't know that I want it.