Re: A dream I had last night

> He's yammering about American might and ingenuity as the
> tanks extract oil.
> (Physical laws don't apply in dreams, but symbolism does.)
> They remind me of giant, frightening ticks pressed against 
> the earth, sucking hydrocarbon blood.

Like a broken record.

> Suddenly I lose my temper and shout,
> "I don't care HOW powerful we are, they're gonna wipe us OUT!"
> 
> I don't know what the chances of that are, but we have enraged
> the entire Muslim world and there are a LOT of Arabs in
> the Middle East.
> Remember Custer before you laugh.
> And watch as our soldiers are picked off one, two, seventeen
> at a time.
> 
> American might allowed US to invade Iraq in cake walk fashion.
> American arrogance has turned the entire Muslim world against us.
> 

American secularism and the lingering after-effects of old Soviet
propaganda are what has turned the Muslim world against the US.
I know because I was there. The whole time.

> BTW, the reason why Custer's men were slaughtered was because
> he ordered them to box up all their sabers so they wouldn't
> rattle as they "snuck in."
> Six shots from each Colt Percussion Revolver, then they were 
> defenseless.  If they had had their sabers they might have prevailed.
> The Sioux Nation were actually watching them as they tried
> to sneak into the Little Big Horn.
> 

Custer's men were slaughtered by math. There were 600 cavalrymen, and
well over 10,000 native american warriors. Even if the Natives hadn't
the advantage of cover, mobility, and initiative, Custer would have
lost anyway.
And it wasn't the Sioux. It was an amalgum of many tribes that had
left the reservations in response to the Ghost Dance Movement.

> Sounds very much like Iraq.
> Little or no resistance as "We" rode in, but now the small arms
> are out and guerilla war is in full swing.
> How do you defeat a Super Power?
> --Let them invade you first...
> 
> Remember my old rantings about how Iraq would become
> another Vietnam-like quagmire?
> Was I right?
> 

No, you weren't. And you still aren't.

> One more question:
> Does anyone believe the the Iraqi resistance is simply
> the work of "terrorists?"

Are you honestly naive enough to believe the tripe you write? I
certainly hope not.