Hi Tekboy; I'm wondering what you're thinking of the Iraq war now. To remind you, here's an exchange we had back last fall:
Bilow, October 16, 2002
I agree with you that conquering Iraq should not be a problem, and that the military will unconditionally surrender fairly quickly. But the problem is the civilians, not the military. Wars in which one side wins with "maneuver", followed by an occupation, tend to be the ones associated with high amounts of guerilla warfare. Examples of this would be ... #reply-18123176
Tekboy, in reply:
I'm not sure I understand: you're worried that after we've won the war and are occupying the country, then some months later on there will some kind of violent resistance by the Iraqi populace against the occupying forces? #reply-18126999
Bilow, in reply:
I'm not worried, I'm certain. This is a military fact of life that dates back several thousand years:
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-- Carl
P.S. The thread continued with this hilarious entry:
LindyBill, in reply:
You must be working on the premise that if we take out Saddam, and try to install a better Gov there, the average Iraqi will hate us for this and want to engage in guerilla warfare against us.
Nobody that I have read, right or left, is predicting this kind of Scenario. You obviously have a different view of Iraq than everyone else.
lindybill@whatareyousmoking.com #reply-18127247 |
