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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (122626)	7/2/2005 2:44:58 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

No, guy. The weak fight the strong with irregular wars; Could you give me some modern examples? The overwhelming number of cases I can think about since the 1950's have used terrorism as well. BTW, it is the mean which defines a term, not something on the tail of the distribution. The examples I'm thinking of include most of the wars for colonial liberation, the foundation of Israel, Central & South American wars, and the ethnic wars sprinkled around the globe today. but you never saw George Washington sending in incendiaries to burn down towns that sympathized with the British, to terrorize the population into compliance. Such as we did in 'Nam? In fact, Gitmo and the entire debate about POW treatment is another example of how the "weak" fight the strong. It is our lack of confidence in the ability of traditional methods prevailing in the WOT that has led to pushing the envelope in this area. We feel vulnerable, and the expectation of additional advantage leads to acceptance of methods which we would not apply to a traditional foe. One can be or feel weak in different ways.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (122626)	7/2/2005 3:09:25 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793914

Speaking of this, Nadine... The Americans revolutionaries were very weak when they began to fight in 1775 ... Have you read any of Andrew Carroll's books? Yesterday, while we were out for the day, I read to my husband three letters from "Letters to A Nation" from the Rev War start, including one from George Washington to his wife Martha, right after he had been chosen to be Commander of the Continental Forces.... The first letter dated April 19, 1775 tells of one persons' view on what happed that morning in Lexington and Concord.... Another was written the spring of 1775, written by a woman Loyalist, to a friend in England....telling of how the Brits were complaining of the Colonists having the temerity to hide behind trees instead of fighting in the open like they were supposed to do... I smiled a bit when I see you were thinking of the same thing that I just read aloud yesterday....