Re: Is that they call discriminate fire? Yes, actually...

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:24:15 -0600, "Gene Storey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>They didn't get the money - end of story.
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  Nope, but they did score several injuries on U.S. forces, forced a
U.S. column to unload lots of fire in a town, causing civilian
casulties that WE will be blamed for,  proved that they are unafraid
to engage a U.S. military force in the field...
  And most importantly, proved that they can move freely through Iraq.
Nobody called in, and there's evidence that civilians in the town came
in on the insurgents side.   If that's the case, than there are parts
of Iraq where the "occupation' only goes so far as we have guns
pointing, and we don't have enough troops by half for that kind of
occupation.  
  The resistance doesn't need to win-- they only need to outlast the
U.S. will to stay, absent a stable govenrment capable of taking over
once we leave.  They're banking on the probability that faced with
attacks like this, and the possiblity of major losses, the U.S. will
cut and run, clothing it by declaring victory and leaving a weak
government that will either fall or be unable to effectively control
Iraq.  
   From Korea to Somilia, history appears to be on their side.
However, the stakes are honestly higher in Iraq than they were even in
Vietnam, so that analysis by the resistance might be in error.