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It's very frustrating to have to deal with all of that on top of the already difficult mission. I told people all the time that the Iraq I was 'visiting' in 2005 was completely different from the Iraq in 2003. I don't mean just the tactics and the way the country has torn itself apart, but I'm speaking from an army point of view.
In 2003, even after the switch to 'peace time' operations, it was business as usual. You shot at us, we shot at you x50. Sure it might have been overkill, but it got the job done, and they feared us. We had Iraqi civilians begging us not to leave because "they are scared of you. They are scared of the death patch". (Speaking of our unit patch)
Meh. Just like most things we dropped the initiative and now we pay for it.
I have theories as to why the insurgency has grown so large... but this is not the forum for it.
I will say, in 2003 I had hope for Iraq. After my deployment in 2005, I've lost that hope. Now I just hope they don't completely destroy themselves.
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