But even if, supposing, the war in Iraq has the most moral of basis -- an assertion with which I do not agree -- but even supposing it does, isn't the problem now that any victory there will have to come at a ruinous cost which the public will not tolerate? Let alone any invasion of Iraq, my God, GW apparently recently said *that* was on the table....
Bottom line, I am reminded of one of the major lessons of the neighborhood organizer -- it doesn't matter what *you* think the people need. The only thing that matters is what *they* think they need. Dana On 8/16/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But that's basically my point. We were winning militarily and yet we lost > politically. In Iraq there is no political movement opposing the creation of > the new Iraqi state. There is only a campaign of intimidation and murder. > Seems to me that we are on the right end of things this time around. > > >A couple of points. > > > >First off neither Korean War or WWII tactics were used in the Vietnam > >conflict. The most common tactic used was aggressive patrolling until > >contact then calling in massive artillery around the contact point - > >if the contact was large enough. A favourite tactic was very similar > >to what the French tried at Diem Ben Phu. Go into the middle of Viet > >Cong territory, set up a firebase, then let the enemy attack. US > >artillery was so good at that point they could do massive artillery > >barrages that would hit within 50 yars of the base. > > > >Militarily the US was winning. However like any insurgency there was > >more than the military dimension which the pentagon forgot about. They > >were winning the military war, but lost the political war. > > > >larry > > > >On 8/16/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169634 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
