How many Muslims have you talked to about Iraq? Before you tell me, I'll just say don't answer that - no average Muslim in his right mind is going to say what he actually thinks to a member of the US military.

You're going on as if the police are all thats to blame for the shit thats going down in Iraq: my answer is different - Its the USA thats to blame, we're the ones who decided to break the previous regime's power, therefore all that shit thats happening in Iraq right now? Its our responsibility. The thing is, you're assuming that if the police would do its job, everything would work out fine.

But that isn't it at all. Imagine if 1/3rd of the US army decided to pull a coup d'etat in our own country. The police, trained to deal with civil unrest and mostly equipped with riot gear and tear gas, would be trying to contain dissatisfied, organized squads with military-grade weapons and training. The remainder of the army/national guard would probably have to be mobilized to deal with this threat, but half of whatever's left would probably refuse to shoot American citizens or friends that they trained with, while the rest would be unenthusiastic to say the least.

This conflict is way bigger than something a police force can handle: it involves vendettas and blood feuds and hatreds/prejudices decades old, and no police force, especially one as divided and powerless as the setup in Iraq is, will make a serious dent in the driving forces behind the violence. You can't just order the police to do their jobs and suddenly decades of oppression and mutual hatred dry up overnight, especially when many members of the police were part of the oppression and hatred going on before.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2009 10:14PM by vortex_magus.