Meatstick Opinion: What Are We Doing in Iraq?

At least once a day I ask myself, "What are we doing in Iraq?" If you've never asked yourself that simple question, take a few minutes to read this story from the Washington Post.

The Government Accountability Office is reporting that the Pentagon has lost track of 190,000 AK-47s and pistols. This should be front page news in every paper from the Marshall Islands to Maine. Not only is our military facing insurgents using Iranian supplied weapons but now we must also deal with insurgents using American supplied weapons. A senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information said, "They really have no idea where they are...It likely means that the United States is unintentionally providing weapons to bad actors." The Pentagon is not disputing the claim and a senior official from the Pentagon admitted to the Washington Post that it is possible our own weapons are used against us.

The next time somebody tells you that they vote Republican because they are "fiscally conservative" please cite this article to point out the ridiculousness of that statement. Since 2003 we have spent $19.2 billion trying to equip and train the Iraqi Army yet 30% of the weapons we supplied between 2004 and 2005 are unaccounted for.