Strategy for Winning In Iraq Isn't Working Because It Wasn't Designed for Muslim Country: It Was Designed for a Liberated Eastern Europe

The anticipated strategy change in Iraq needs to include a change in mind-set about HOW to win that war.

By mind-set, I mean the thinking that when our tanks rolled into Iraq, our politicians believed our troops would be warmly welcomed into Iraq and democracy would be embraced by all. "We are not conquerers, we are liberators."

The strategy used thus far in Iraq is from a playbook that was designed for if we got into a war with the Soviet Union in the 1980s and seized control of Eastern Europe after turning back a Soviet military thrust into central Europe. Or if NATO attacked the Warsaw Pact first to get rid of communism.

Something's got to change and soon.