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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: michael97123 who wrote (151747)11/16/2004 12:33:18 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Fallujah has gone reasonably well, although the US death toll is higher than I expected. Unfortunately, the necessity of a rebel held base is overrated IMO, when foreign occupation is ongoing. Insurgencies can succeed without holding any significant real estate. Holding real estate is more of a demoralizing factor on the opposition, but not essential for terrorists. For that matter, most of the weapons they use currently such as AK, RPG, mortars and explosives are not needed either, so depriving them of those caches is not going to radically help either. The insurgents would actually be a good deal more lethal with bolt action rifles and gasoline. The fact that they are dumb as fence posts and like to make noise rather than cause damage is the only thing that is saving our hide to date.
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