Originally Posted by
Flyinhigh
These areas are not really countries as we know them. They are groupings of "tribes" that truly despise each other. To think that a centralized government (other than something like Saddam had) will ever work in this region is pure wishful thinking. They will continue to fight and kill each other long after all of us are gone.
Exactly right. We all knew that the time we were serving there (I was in both) would ultimately prove to be a complete waste time.
Blood and treasure, wasted.