To: Bilow who wrote (101488 ) 6/16/2003 5:05:35 PM From: TimF Respond to You're making the mistake of only looking at Iraq. Our problem is that the Arab world, like the Anglo world, tends to stick together as a whole. Even the stupidest anthropologist on the planet, when faced with the question of whether or not the Iraqis would submit to foreign rule (giggle) would not fail to look at the Palestinian case before he made a recommendation to the President. Go look at Lebanon. They didn't have an "active large regular army opposing" Israel. There was no "large scale coordination of forces". There was no "superpower support". The "logistical problems" were no worse than Iraq possesses. The "terrain" wasn't much different. But the result was that the Israelis were shot out of the country. Maybe you should rent "Lawrence of Arabia" instead. But when you watch it, remind yourself that this is an "Anglo" version of Arab history, and as such is quite defective. Hey, if the Arabs were throwing flowers at us I wouldn't be complaining. But the fact is that on May 1st the President announced that major fighting in Iraq was over. Less than 60 days later, we've got major fighting again. You look at this and say that since we don't have a Tet offensive, this is not like Vietnam. But your wisdom is like that of the man who jumped off of a tall building and was satisfied with his situation at the 99th floor. You're saying that since there is no superpower support against us we'll win
