Thread: Ask me about the Army...

VenusBlue, thanks for answering my question. I know you have been asked a lot of them and can't get to all of them, but I have one very big question that I would love to read an opinion on from somebody who is fighting in Iraq. I should have listed it as my first question, and I consider it the million dollar question of the whole situation...

*What do you think Iraq will be like in 50 years?*

If you could tell me what you think about that, I will consider that enough questions for me in this thread. It is the biggest question I have about the Iraq war. Please try to get to it whenever you find a convenient time. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

VenusBlue, thanks for answering my question. I know you have been asked a lot of them and can't get to all of them, but I have one very big question that I would love to read an opinion on from somebody who is fighting in Iraq. I should have listed it as my first question, and I consider it the million dollar question of the whole situation...

*What do you think Iraq will be like in 50 years?*

If you could tell me what you think about that, I will consider that enough questions for me in this thread. It is the biggest question I have about the Iraq war. Please try to get to it whenever you find a convenient time. Thanks.

I have no clue at all. The major cities (Baghdad and Mosul) seem to be held together with duct tape. The average person here lives in builings that would be condemned in the US. The infrastructure here is pretty lacking too, as much of the time thier sewage just drains into the road. (I am a gunner too, so if my driver is retarded, and drives through a lake of sewage at 60, I get to take a shower...)
That said, these people dont understand freedom right now, and since there isnt a variety of people to interact with, people are still killed for thier beliefs here, and they are surrounded by fundamentalist and militant countries, I seriously don't know what will happen there.
This probably isn't the style answer you were looking for, but heh, I seriously have no idea, there are alot of variables, and things in this place that need to play out before an educated guess can be made.