An American Peyote Scribble

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Previously on an American Peyote Scribble:

Why post-WWII Germany is not 2007 Iraq Iraq the Foolishness of Imitating post-WWII Germany
How the US Ignores History and Invites Disaster in Iraq
Now: How the Afghan War is being Repeated in Iraq – and how Iran is the New CIA
First, a question, is the presence of US [...]

The Prelude:

Why post-WWII Germany is not 2007 Iraq
Iraq the Foolishness of Imitating post-WWII Germany
The only logical analogy to be made for the current Iraq War – if one needs to be made, is the past war between the US and the Soviet Union.  One of the main battles of the US-USSR policy of confrontation was [...]

Iraq 2007 is not post-WWII Germany
Why does following the model of post-WWII Germany not help the rebuilding effort in current-day Iraq?  What about US troop levels, stabilization, and rebuilding?
After the fall of the Nazi Regime, the main players of the Original Coalition of the Willing: England, the US and the USSR, who had pulled together [...]