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To: Alighieri who wrote (212282)11/25/2004 12:01:04 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575541
 
you can't defeat insurgents willing to die, in their home turf.

Correct. You kill that 2% to 5% of the Iraqi population that fit the above description, and then build a country with the remaining less radical ones.



To: Alighieri who wrote (212282)11/25/2004 4:13:35 AM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575541
 
Al, I don't what kind of sick validation you guys find in this, when 1250 soldiers are dead, 15k (some say 30K) more are wounded, and there is no end nor exit in sight.

Relax. I was ridiculing the culture of violence that is being taught to the youth over there. It's not Americans, but rather the insurgents who are stuffing ice cream trucks with RPGs and bombs. If that's what the Iraqi people want, then that's exactly what they'll get.

As for me, I like to believe that most Iraqis would actually want ice cream trucks to sell frozen treats once again. And they'll wake up to the fact that the best way to get there is to support our troops and oppose the insurgents.

Tenchusatsu



To: Alighieri who wrote (212282)11/25/2004 2:14:06 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575541
 
you can't defeat insurgents willing to die, in their home turf.

That statement simply isn't true. Of course attempts to defeat them can fail, but they can also succeed.

Tim