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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: unclewest who wrote (245632)4/21/2008 4:55:25 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 793686
 
The big army and USMC are all about big wars and big firepower.

History demonstrates conventional forces will only prevail in an insurgency when they use massive killing. We are unwilling to do that.

They seem to be working with the locals and providing security for them now. It took longer than it should have for this to happen, but I wouldn't say they aren't doing it, or that its impossible, or that they are doing a lousy job.
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