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To: neolib who wrote (151798)	11/17/2004 12:57:08 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"2) They fanatically don't like us for various reasons." "I suspect that 2) in the above list is actually the most important, and I wish that Bush and the US military would put more effort into that aspect." Dont understand what you are asking of our military and bush.

To: neolib who wrote (151798)	11/17/2004 1:25:18 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

My point is that you are correct to say that they have a lesser burden than a conventional army, but incorrect to say that they can dispense with the rudiments, like supply lines, communications, and intelligence. Any lone sniper that is within firing range can be shot in turn, and if he is pinned down for any amount of time, can be located by coordinated patrols. A larger organization is vulnerable to penetration by informants. Whether you are willing to die or not, it is hard not to have doubts, and to want to be reassured that the effort is not futile. Although we may spike recruitment to some extent, I think there is an ultimate depressing effect on the non- psychotic, when it seems that the insurgency merely invites ever more lethal retaliation, and that there is no way to blend in so seamlessly that retaliation will not come in the end.