> Russ wrote: > >I wonder how well that worked for people who thought a similar thing about > >New York? > > > My only concern with them is that they be killed before they try to kill me.
This is how you know Iraq is lost: when the only solution left is to kill everyone or leave. Which is what I"ve been saying for months. Unfortunately we can't do as you suggest if only because the "insurgents" aren't local. Destroy a neighborhood in Baghdad and you'll probably kill 1 insurgent while created 10,000 or 10,000,000 more. It's over. It's lost. Face it. Bush led us into a box canyon and we either fight our way out the way we came or die. BTW - Remember the Japanese in the Philippines? Guess who the father of modern American Special Forces is? The guy that beat them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In May 1942, "General" Fertig decided to continue the fight [after surrender to the Japanese] Over the next two and a half years, Fertig created and commanded the "United States Forces in the Philippines" (USFIP), recruiting escaped POWS, Filipino natives, rival guerrilla groups, and soldiers who had refused to surrender. >From humble beginnings, USFIP became one of the best equipped and effective irregular units operating in World War II. In fact, when the submarine USS Narwhal went to Mindanao in 1944 to deliver supplies, they were met by the uniformed band of USFIP playing "Stars and Stripes Forever". In 1945, Fertig's forces participated in the Battle of Mindanao that effectively ended organized Japanese resistance in the region. Some military scholars are of the opinion that the failure of the military to promote Fertig to the rank of General was a travesty perpetuated by MacArthur's staff.[citation needed] Through his efforts in establishing USFIP, Fertig ended up by 1944 commanding a force totalling approximately 38,000 effectives[1] (the equivalent of an Army Corps). -------------------------------------------- For more info read WEB Griffin's excellent book "Behind The Lines". I read the whole series - great books. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229244 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
