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To: Red Heeler who wrote (445682)	8/21/2003 9:33:21 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

They want to call it terrorism, or dead-enders, or even guerilla fighting, but it is more correctly termed asymetrical-warfare. The U.S. is not policing a bunch of criminals, but fighting a war in which the enemy knows well how to negate the advantages of the modern military technology and tactics. Rumsfeld is guilty of the small minded affliction that hits so many wanna-be generals. He has the solution to the last war. He wanted a repeat of the 1991 Bush war, only this time he was going to take the surrender of Saddam and parade him around as a suvenier. What he got was more than just another Vietnam, it was another asymetric war like Vietnam, but with participants who had refined their techniques in Afganistan, Kashmir, and the Phillipines. Rumsfeld is still in that time warp even after being handed his own "TeT offensive" wakeup call. TP

To: Red Heeler who wrote (445682)	8/21/2003 9:52:16 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The dominant tactics of the Allies remained to hit military targets to degrade or destroy the war- making power of the other side. By no one's definition is that terrorism. As for justifying the second bomb, that proves that the use of atomic weapons was justified. Think: the demonstration at Hiroshima was not enough to cause capitulation! By the way, even after the Emperor called for surrender, there were munities by junior officers intent upon continuing the war, which were fortunately put down. Considering the prestige of the Emperor, that demonstrates the "to the last man" mentality which would have made invasion of the home islands even more of a bloodbath for all concerned, or resulted in mass starvation and many kamikaze runs if we had merely established a tight blockade........