I know that is the standard reply by the Left... Problem is however AQ showed how the Algerian model of 1954 no longer worked -- that is to say, a small band of thugs could win because the surrounding "population" would never turn against them... In Iraq AQ lost BECAUSE Sunni Iraqis turned against AQ and helped non-Moslem Americans to win BECAUSE AQ was shown to be a death cult and most folks favoring living... The same can be said for Sadr's thugs...
A simple proof -- if the majority of Iraqis had wanted us to leave and had supported AQ and Sadr we would have be badly defeated... As it is, Iran now must deal with a bordering country with far greater freedoms and less oppression, and explaining that to their oppressed majority is impossible except through more repression... On Dec 17, 4:19 am, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > we lost the so called war in Iraq before we ever set foot in the > country ! > > On Dec 16, 11:39 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We won in Iraq because the Iraqi people as a whole decided to let > > us... And that lesson should be remembered in Afghanistan... It was > > the Iraqi people who after considering the alternative -- AQ and Shite > > militia bend on oppression and death -- decided to reject the bad > > governance of the ME past... > > >http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OWNmY2I3MTk4MGE5M2MzOWNjNWM3... > > > >>. Why the Awakening happened in the fall of ’06 has a large element of > > >>mystery. I pressed Sattar on this, asking why it didn't happen two years > > >>earlier, and save both the Americans and Sunnis many casualties and > > >>grief. He was a thoughtful guy. He chewed on that and then said, "You > > >>Americans could not convince us. We Sunnis had to convince ourselves."- > > >>Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
