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To: Steeny who wrote (85485)	3/24/2003 12:57:33 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

One huge difference is that the VC had the backing of the vast majority of the population in a dense jungle. Everything I have read point to only loyal Baathists wanting a fight here. Also, the open spaces of Iraq make geurrilla warfare a much more difficult strategy Not to mention that the Ba'athists don't have the USSR supplying them...not unless those Russian arms deals amount to a whole lot more than they sound like now.

To: Steeny who wrote (85485)	3/24/2003 4:04:46 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Steeny; Re: "We need to clamp down on this [enemy soldiers out of uniform] and teach a lesson to those who make this choice." From your lips to God's ears. Now, pray tell, what divine technique have you come up with that will tell you which of the 10 Iraqi men standing in front of you is a civilian and which is a civilian with a gun hidden somewhere in a California sized country? Re: "One huge difference is that the VC had the backing of the vast majority of the population in a dense jungle." Good that we can agree on something, that is, that the VC had strong backing. But where do you see evidence that these irregulars (who no longer report to Saddam) do not have the support of the local population? The typical strawman argument is that the locals will support us because Saddam is a dictator. This begs the question of what the locals see Bush as. Hint: A substantial percentage of even the US population (just read the left wing weirdos on this thread) believes that this war is fundamentally about stealing oil. Now imagine what percentage of the Iraqi population feels the same way. Same with US support for Israel, US sanctions against Iraq, US bombing Iraq for 12 years, etc. -- Carl