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Strategies & Market Trends : Asia Forum
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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (7502)11/16/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: Jerry in Omaha  Read Replies (1) of 9980
 
Mr. Papadopoulos,

You quoted Stratfor about the confrontation between Iraq and the US; "The very geometry of the relationship is asymmetric."

Mr. Hed argues that we win because we didn't have to actually kill lots of people with our superior weaponry. It seems that asymmetric can skew toward the side of muscle that we can flex. Chalk all the deployment hours to the training we would have had to do anyway.

Stratfor seems to argue that Iraq obtains the asymmetric upper hand because of its ability continuously to enervate the military muscular response reflex spasmodically and ineffectually.

So who wins in so called "assymetric warfare"? Both sides can claim victory.

Kinda makes one think about the good old days of plain old "warfare by attrition".

Jerard P
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