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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (80458)	5/23/2007 9:13:57 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

They win by attrition. Guerrilla forces may attrition away the force opposing them, but if they are going to actually take control and impose a political agenda they have to hold land. A guerrilla force has to switch to more than a guerrilla force. While attriting their enemy helps them do this, when the guerrilla force wins its usually more about the guerrilla force growing in power to the point that it can take and hold ground, or the other side losing its will to fight (which often happens without serious attrition). As for the specific wars we are discussing neither in Vietnam, nor in Iraq, has attrition of US or allied forces been a major issue.