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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Ilaine who wrote (23329)7/8/2006 9:47:26 PM
From: KonKilo  Read Replies (1) of 541593
 
Also, the Army early in Iraq tended to focus on killing or capturing insurgents, although counterinsurgency doctrine teaches that the best way to deal with an insurgent is to persuade him to change sides or to desert. Also, in contrast to a spate of cases of the abuse of detainees, counterinsurgency theorists recommend treating captured fighters well, to encourage them to desert and to persuade others to give themselves up. Above all, people are seen as the prize in the war, not as its playing field.

Above all, the "WOT" is a struggle for hearts and minds, or at least it better be, if we ever want to stand a chance of an outcome that favors us over the long run.

Or maybe the rough men would rather make a MidEast-shaped parking lot and have it over with?
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