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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Neocon who wrote (130334)4/28/2004 4:37:58 PM
From: redfish  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
"Nice to know whose side you are on. It is as if you were defending hold- out SS for attacking those who cooperated with the Allies........."

That analysis makes some sense with respect to the sunnis (though it is pure speculation, there is no way of knowing which of the sunni insurgents were part of Saddam's apparatus and which weren't), but given that the shiites were the oppressed parties (along with the kurds), I don't think a comparison of the shiite insurgents to the SS is warranted.

I don't think this is a matter for choosing sides, obviously there is no possible way we can lose the military battle. The question is do we want to win the battle, or not engage in the battle at all.

I am in favor of the latter. There are many historical examples of an occupying force overcoming a native insurgency; none of them paint a pretty picture, and I'd prefer not to be associated with that sort of thing.
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