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To: TimF who wrote (233965)	5/20/2005 10:47:24 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575173

re: Its bad enough that you are so ignorant of basic military terms, but than on top of that you get arrogant about your supposed relatively superior knowledge. You want me to look in the dictionary, while you are calling defensive battles and hit and run raids a sustained offense. Next thing I suppose I'll be accused of a childish focus on anal retentive minutia when I argue that black isn't white, or that the sun rises in the east not the west. Defense is offense, up is down, in is out, just ask John... Ok, I'm starting to get a kick out of this. I have had extensive military training, tactical not field. And I will say unequivocally, without a bit of reservation, with 100% confidence, that... The Generals and grunts in Iraq will say that the enemy has a "sustained offensive". What would you call it, an "un-sustained offensive"? Does that fit, I don't think so. A "sustained defensive", no way. Listen Tim, keep arguing this stupid point, it makes you look like an idiot, and I sort of enjoy seeing you look like an idiot. And i have plenty of time... I suspect your next response will be 5000 words trying to defend your semantic anal retentive stupidity... LOL John

To: TimF who wrote (233965)	5/21/2005 4:14:48 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575173

It isn't an offense. When there have been offenses by the enemy They usually have been sustained for no more than minutes maybe occasionally a few hours. When there has been combat that lasted longer than that the enemy has been defending not attacking. This is one of the most ridiculous assertions you have ever made. An offensive is not determined by the length of the battles but by the overall intent of the initiator and the actions that support that intent. The Iraqi insurgency is conducting an offensive just as real as one conducted by a standing army whether their battles are 5 minutes or five days in length. To think otherwise is to play the fool.