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To: stockman_scott who wrote (144308)	8/28/2004 10:26:54 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Scott -- one issue with the post you made: From the article <But as we rediscovered in Vietnam and Somalia, insurgent warfare is a fight against a different animal, frequently a hit-and-run, stateless opponent without easily identified major targets to zero out.> This characterization of both Iraq and Vietnam overlooks a key complexity here -- nationalism. The people of Vietnam were stateless only in the sense that their ambition for freedom was being frustrated by France, and then later by us. In Iraq, despite widespread hatred for Saddam, we have seriously underestimated the impact of nationalism -- and nationalism seriously conflicts with our plans to use Iraq as a long-term base for military, control Iraqi politics, and control Iraqi oil.