Today, Thursday, October 23, 2008, another province has formally been returned back to control from coalition command to Iraqi local security control. Babil, in central Iraq, is the 12th out of 18th province that the coalition handed security control back to the hands of the Iraqis. It is also where the ancient city of Babylon is located. Each Iraqi province handed back to the local security force means that progress is being made. This also means peace is progressing, and it is best for both parties, Taliban and American, that less killing will occur. Everyone in the world wants less killing to occur, but the Taliban and the Americans will not stop killing each other until one is defeated. American troops will still assist the Iraqi security force "as needed", but the main job will be given to the Iraqis. Violence has decreased overall in Iraq, which means progress is being made.
I think the US will need to defeat the Taliban militarily to truely win the war in Iraq. Many people thought that the reason Germany fought world wars I and II was that the German people did not truely know the horrors of war, as most battles were fought on French, Italian, and Austrian soil. Many military experts think Germans believed that they could still win because their country had never been in devastation, as the others did. Therefore, when they saw the devastation after WWII, they have never waged open war again. Now, I'm not saying that the US should Iraq into ruins, but I think that if the Taliban faces the US long enough, they will realize that this war will do them no good. I don't think any of the Taliban or Al-Qaeda's goals will be realized just by forcing the US out of Iraq. However, with growing stability in Iraq, the war may be coming to a finish. We all hope that way.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.attack/index.html
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