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To: Brumar89 who wrote (91)	5/14/2007 1:37:59 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 4152

Maybe rummmy was both too light and/or too heavy? I think unclewest talks to special forces involvement alone, with no conventional military involvement.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (91)	5/25/2007 7:04:26 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 4152

In Afghanistan we had the Northern alliance as proxies (and also the Taliban didn't exactly have one of the most powerful military forces around). In the Philippines you had moderate sized guerrilla forces, not real armies (and also we were not trying to provide security, or even change a regime, just accomplish certain specific short term missions). In Iraq you had a real army. Not one that could stand up to our army of course, but one that you couldn't deal with if you only sent a small detachment.