Armchair Generals in the power.

[Pannonian]

I would do an excellent job in the White House with my M2TW skills.

First of all I would ask the Pope to launch a Crusade to Tehran, that way I speed up my armies movement points for the march across Europe, and my soldiers get free upkeep (no tax winging from the public). Then once I capture the city I could 'Exterminate Populace' to keep order. Of course if the economy was in trouble I could always 'Sack Settlement' and get maybe 20,000 Florins.

I think the General chose the enslave option, having vacated all the cities except for Syria, Jordan and a few other nearby provinces (keeping governors there for that purpose), sending the Iraqi population out to them. I'm not sure why the population in Iraq is continuing to drop, but my guess is that squalor levels may be pretty high.

BTW, is there a cheat to prevent the population from rioting every turn and destroying the temples and other public order buildings you've recently repaired? It's costing a mint with little noticeable positive effect.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I'm not sure why the population in Iraq is continuing to drop, but my guess is that squalor levels may be pretty high.

I think it is obvious that the US need to build some Public Baths or maybe even an Aqueduct in Baghdad if this trend is to be reversed.

And Iraq is definitely not a war of attrition.