| A few things to think about:
1) Its true, the big news outlets always give the most press to big and bad news - it sells. The good news, of which I've also heard from a Doctor on reserve in Iraq, is real, but is not nearly reported as much as it should be.
2) The US has not governed a defeated country since Japan, 1945. By the time McArthur took charge the Japanese were thoroughly beat down and not in any position to "resist". A much different scenario than Iraq 2004- same thing in Germany. Sophisticated technology has made it possible for the US military to disable a country's infrastructure and occupy without the horrendous death tolls of 60 years ago.
Certainly any deaths are tragic, but hundreds of deaths are far better than hundreds of thousands like in WWII or tens of thousands in VietNam.
3) If anyone thinks it is possible to engage in a major war and succeed without any unforseen and unexpected defeats along the way then they are naive. The important thing is that the Arab world sees that we are committed to a democratic Iraq, even though it is not going o be easy.
The Arabic terrorists also need to be shown that we will no longer respond to cowardly, murderous acts with negotiation as in the past, but will respond with military action. Deadly force is the only response that is respected by these savages.
4) Last time we fought Iraq in the desert and forced them to cease fire. We did not defeat Hussein, he stayed in power and almost immediately began violating the UN conditions of the cease fire. You must remember it was a much different world back then. Invading any country in the large Soviet dominated part of the world was risky business back then. Also, the shaky "alliance" we had with Saudi Arabia made it politically impossible for us to oust Hussein at that point in time.
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