Observation of War June 2007

War Strategy

I have to admit I lack any degree of expertise or knowledge of war strategies, military weaponry and machinery or military structures. I too lack an in depth knowledge of contemporary foreign relations. But what I do happen to posses is a keen ability to make observations. I don’t attend to the news articles regarding the daily transpirations between the US forces and Iraq forces. I find it too gruesome and disheartening to commit personal involvement. From my detached standpoint it appears that there is an imbalanced match between the US and Iraq on a variety of levels.

As much as I have read or thought about the war, I still cannot determine what the US strategy toward Iraq is actually. There seems to be a chase for a shape shifting enemy and a command to maintain order in their country. The military strategy of the US appears to be likened to the thwack the golfer arcade game. Once we pound one golfer down into the ground another golfer pops up in another place.

On the other hand, the military strategy of the Iraqis has consistently and forthrightly appeared to be to take down the financial status of the United States. Everyone has agreed that the 911 attacks were a strategic mission organized through long term planning. The first hit made by the planes on that horrendous day was the primary financial district in our country. Henceforth we have seen an unstoppable increase in need for monetary support for the war efforts and the concomitant increase in the price of oil. The escalating prices of oil could be considered a brilliant strategy on the part of our enemy. The majority of the persons in the highest seats of power are heavily invested in this particular commodity. At the same time the minions of the population rely on oil to maintain their lifestyle from the production, delivery and storage of food, heating and cooling of homes to the often rigorous and energy depleting experience of driving to work to make the money to buy the things that make us feel safe.

What if Iraq predicted that bombing the US would result in a war in their country? What if that was a necessary sacrifice to make on their part to attain the long term goal of destroying our country? What if the war is really a distraction created to allow them to continue with their ultimate goal? What if they know us so well that the plan is and always has been to destroy us through economic means? What happens if they succeed? Civil unrest, we are getting there. Civil war, who is going to protect us from our own insurgents?