08-28-2002, 03:39 PM
China is not a threat in the Middle East. They don't have a navy capable of posing a threat to the U.S. And there's a lot of land between Iraq and China. Lot's of countries that aren't going to let a couple million armed Chinese march through.
The U.S. is fully capable of taking care of Iraq alone. It's more of a political thing. Especially when it comes to establishing the new government like what we are trying to do in Afghanistan now.
And, it could mean getting our troops tied down in both Afghanistan and Iraq doing peace keeping and nation building when another crisis comes up. If we were stuck there, and say, North Korea invades South Korea, we could have a serious problem.
The U.S. is fully capable of taking care of Iraq alone. It's more of a political thing. Especially when it comes to establishing the new government like what we are trying to do in Afghanistan now.
And, it could mean getting our troops tied down in both Afghanistan and Iraq doing peace keeping and nation building when another crisis comes up. If we were stuck there, and say, North Korea invades South Korea, we could have a serious problem.