Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
Nah , wouldn't have made much difference , the hundreds of attacks on pipelines and refineries which caused delays happened after "victory" . Since those that occur in the North , which would be the only facilities were Turkish help would have had any impact occur in those errrr.....quiet , fine areas where the Pershmerga have been in control for the past decade anyhow .
That assumes the same strategy that was used applies if the goal was different. Lets see a "surge" of 30k troops to secure oil lines to a port and tankers. forget urban centers, classic death trap for professional armies.

Nah, secure the oil, ship it home and allow Iraqi's the true meaning of the term "self determination".