--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Gary Nunn wrote:
> >
> >Why would the military think that the Iraqi
> military would do anything
> >different than if the US was invaded by foreign
> soldiers? It would be
> >nothing less than guerilla warfare - dirty tricks
> and all.
> >
> >
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote:
> Now, what was that saying again? Those who don't learn from history are
> bound to repeat it?
Actually, instead of "bound" I think it's "doomed" or "fated", which each
have a different connotation from "bound".
Julia
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At 22:14 23-03-03 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote:
The news ticker on MSNBC says that the Military is "accusing" Iraqi
soldiers of dressing in civilian clothes, using civilian vehicles and
faking surrender.
Well duh.
Why would the military think that the Iraqi military would do anything
different than
I don't know if "surprise" is quite the right word, or at least in the
"standard" parlance of the term. I think they were surprised in that they
weren't suspecting it at the time, but NOT surprised in that they thought
the Iraqis incapable of doing so. The US had gotten intelligence suggesting
The news ticker on MSNBC says that the Military is "accusing" Iraqi
soldiers of dressing in civilian clothes, using civilian vehicles and
faking surrender.
Well duh.
Why would the military think that the Iraqi military would do anything
different than if the US was invaded by foreign soldiers?
