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

Small change in a country of millions.


"Charles Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:24:15 -0600, "Gene Storey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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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.
>