I read thru most of the discussions you posted about France.
Difficult to relate those to Iraq at this moment.
Saddam was the murderer and torturer in his own country, as the French acted against the French(?) in Algeria.
A difference is that France tried to hold its (self-determined) empire together by force,against the wishes of Algerians.
Iraq is not a part of the US empire, we want to leave as soon as possible and give the Iraqis a chance to run their own country, which is something never offered to the Algerians.
So what is the purpose of an organized resistance in Iraq, since we are leaving anyway.?
IMO it would be a ego trip by Saddam supporters who seek credit for driving the infidels ( thats us) out of the country.
It will not work, but whenever we do decide to leave, someone will step forward and try to take credit for driving us out. That wont happen either, since I believe we will leave quietly and gradually -no big deal.
Since the majority of Iraqis want us to hang around until they are better organized, their new police and military are
going to give the revolutionaries a hard time- leaving them with no time to get organized or heavily armed.
But things could get much more interesting when the new Iraqi government takes over, and our forces recede into the background a bit.
It will be Iraqi vs dissident Iraqi, and if Saddam supporters get fiesty, we have a few Tomahawks left over.
Lots of options open here, if thing get tougher. The Kurds would be proud to exert some influence on Saddam supporters to behave, the Japanese and S Koreans are moving in to support the Spanish, Aussie, US,and UK forces.
So the dissidents will be taking on a big load in addition to the US, and they are already in the dog house with the UN and the RC.
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