10th Mountain

I guess the 10th Mountain Division will have another role more strenuous than diplomatic deterrence. Having fought in the mountains of Afghanistan against al Qaeda, this division will get another chance when we invade Iraq to do so in northern Iraq’s Kurdish regions. And before anybody starts complaining that the Kurds are anti-Saddam and so therefore Saddam could not possibly be linked to these guys, remember that Kurdish factions have sought support from Iran and Iraq over the years in their intra-Kurd fights. Remember this too when somebody claims that since the Kurds are “our” guys, we must somehow be complicit in this development (some will surely argue it removes any moral right to strike them or Iraq).

Take Baghdad. Kill the terrorists. Win the war.