Matt Wiser
December 3rd 03, 06:20 PM
Charles Gray > wrote:
>On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:24:15 -0600, "Gene Storey"
>
>wrote:
>
>>They didn't get the money - end of story.
>>
>>
>>
>
> 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.
>
Yes, especially if Saddam or Al-Dhuri are calling the insurgents' shots.
A NYT reporter in the Saddam Triangle noted that many of the Sunnis who on
the outside shout Saddam slogans actually want the U.S. to stay-when a government
is in place that they trust. They are afraid that if the Shiites and Kurds
get too much power, old wrongs will be avenged, and they will pay the price-in
blood. Many also admit that they suffered under Saddam, but their fear of
him still lingers, and that won't go away until he's either dead or in prison.
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>On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:24:15 -0600, "Gene Storey"
>
>wrote:
>
>>They didn't get the money - end of story.
>>
>>
>>
>
> 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.
>
Yes, especially if Saddam or Al-Dhuri are calling the insurgents' shots.
A NYT reporter in the Saddam Triangle noted that many of the Sunnis who on
the outside shout Saddam slogans actually want the U.S. to stay-when a government
is in place that they trust. They are afraid that if the Shiites and Kurds
get too much power, old wrongs will be avenged, and they will pay the price-in
blood. Many also admit that they suffered under Saddam, but their fear of
him still lingers, and that won't go away until he's either dead or in prison.
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