Tsunami of Blood

Iraq is prologue; the real problems will come post a reduction of hostilities in Iraq. As a military man the best training I can give my men and women short of actual combat is a “live fire exercise.” When we took Afghanistan away from Al Qaeda and attacked Iraq we provided Osama bin Laden with his dream scenario; a reason to recruit Muslim young men (to get the infidels out of Muslim lands) and a “live fire exercise” to train his “army.” When things settle out in Iraq even a nervous truce this “army” will have nothing to do. Many of them are Saudis Jordanians Syrians Egyptians etc. They will be going home.. There is a very dangerous demographic in the Muslim World waiting for interaction with this cadre of battle-toughened fighters. Approximately 65% of the population of many Muslim countries is under the age of 25. In many places these young people have no movies few sports teams little needed education few jobs very little access to young people of the opposite six even to share a coke and no other real outlets for the inevitable frustrations. This is a crisis waiting to happen. Unless we prepare now for these eventualities I believe we will experience a Tsunami of Blood.