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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (68873)	10/26/2005 3:43:57 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Already done. Message 21828072 Orca

To: Dan B. who wrote (68873)	10/26/2005 3:47:27 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

seattlepi.nwsource.com The success of insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan is forcing Western military planners to reconsider long-term strategies and learn how to fight a new kind of war, a military think thank said Tuesday. American technological superiority is hamstrung in battling insurgents who use suicide bombings and other forms of attack that cannot be beaten by traditional battlefield tactics, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said in its annual report on the world's military. "The enemy has found operating terrains where the United States is unable to bring conventional superiority to bear," said institute director John Chipman. Orca

To: Dan B. who wrote (68873)	10/26/2005 8:14:14 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

These Iraqis are like the South Vietnamese. They are letting us do all the heavy lifting and take all the risks. We're also paying for everything, much of which goes to Halliburton of course. It's their country. If they love it, why aren't they defending it? Because they're cowards? Or just because so long as we're there, they don't have to do jack. Why are we committing the entire US military to defending these turkeys? Let them stand up for their own country for a change. 2000 US dead is way more than enough. Not worth it.