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To: TimF who wrote (237488)	6/15/2005 9:37:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

Please provide an example of an insurgency that has faded away. Depends on exactly what you would consider to be fading away, but there are plenty of insurgencies that didn't win and are no longer active, and there are others that are marginalized. So what? Currently, the Iraqi insurgency is neither marginalized nor fading away. That has been the case now for nearly 3 years. They appear to be well funded and their recruiting efforts seem fairly successful. I don't imagine the situation changing any time soon. Not so. Cambodia, and Laos fell to the communist in addition to South Vietnam. That's hardly the falling of dominoes. It is indeed the falling of dominoes. Two years ago, you hardly knew what the domino theory was and now you are an expert? I don't think so. The fall of Cambodia and Laos is no more the domino theory than Saddam is a candidate for sainthood. the theory was that all of SE Asia would succumb to communism including India. The theory was different depending on who held it or talked about it. I don't care who you were discussing it with that gave you variations on the theory. The original premise of the domino theory predicted that once Vietnam fell all of SE Asia would fall and that communism then could spread to the ME and maybe even Australia. Based on that theory, we started a war where many American lives were lost and billions were spent. And in the end, the theory proved to be false.......not an uncommon occurrence with many theories. More and more, I am convinced the wrong people are making the decisions for the Defense Dept and the military. The system is archaic and subject to huge missteps that are costing the US way too much in people and money......money better spent on life saving ventures. ted