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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (108965)	7/30/2003 10:39:28 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The masters, the winners in this game, (Mao and Ho) they have a long historical track record to study. They wrote a lot about it Yeah, and their number one rule was that the guerillas had to have the sympathies of most of the population, a condition that does NOT apply in Afghanistan or Iraq. Mao and Ho had the advantage of being revolutionaries aspiring to office; they didn't have a track record of being in office. And boy, do the Taliban and Saddam have stinko track records!

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (108965)	7/31/2003 8:58:43 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

This is one of the very discouraging things, this total lack of understanding, by most Americans, of how guerrilla wars are fought, how these wars are won and lost. Uh.. maybe you've forgotten where "Indian Fighting" was first developed?? The British were very frustrated at the manner in which the American colonists fought their forces during the American revolution.... It just wasn't "cricket".. And they way many British officers tried to stifle it was through repression of the local population and civilian atrocities. Of course, the American forces did the same thing with Indian tribes... No... I would say that we have considerable experience with guerilla warfare. We just keep forgetting the lessons because we've become "civilized".. Hawk