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To: unclewest who wrote (46797)	5/25/2004 11:41:28 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793954

I doubt you would (nor would I) classify the fight against al qaeda in America as a counterinsurgency. Definitely not in its pure form but the more the Bush administration continues to make the kinds of mistakes it's now making in Iraq, the easier it is for Al Q to bundle its activities into genuinely nationalist strategies.

To: unclewest who wrote (46797)	5/25/2004 1:08:19 PM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 793954

.....These guys are not the brightest enemy in the world, the one's we're up against. It's not like in Vietnam where you've got people sitting around at night and the Viet Cong are fighting us, but the (tape garbled). We're in charge and we're going to do this and that. All these people do is kill members of the household, they destroy power lines, destroy bridges, they set off IEDs that kill Iraqis. They don't have a political end state. So this is not something to be dignified as insurgents or something like that. There is nothing nationalistic possible about these people. The do not have a political end state, these people, which is also why they're weak. I'll tell you right now, I don't get intelligence off a satellite. Iraqis tell me who the enemy is. That is very dangerous for Iraqis. You think about how much courage that takes when you've got to live with these murderous bastards..... - Maj. Gen. James N. Mattis, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division nationalreview.com