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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (28818)	5/22/2008 3:54:25 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

You are just too stupid to understand or admit your efforts ,for no more a reason than party politics served the enemy well and killed troops. You are disgusting.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (28818)	5/22/2008 4:24:38 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Plenty of blood on you appeasers' hands

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (28818)	5/22/2008 5:04:53 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 224757

Is There an “Emboldenment” Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in Iraq Radha Iyengar Jonathan Monten May 2008 ..... 7. CONCLUSION Overall, the results presented in this paper suggest several important facts. First, the findings suggest that there is an explicit and quantifiable cost to public debate during wartime in the form of increased attacks. Based on these results, it appears that Iraqi insurgent groups believe that when the U.S. political landscape is more uncertain, initiating a higher level of attacks increases the likelihood that the U.S. will reduce the scope of its engagement in the conflict. However, the magnitude of the response by Iraqi insurgent groups is relatively small. To the extent that U.S. political speech does affect insurgent incentives, it changes things only by about 7-10 percent. ..... Third, regardless of whether the observed effect represents an overall increase or inter-temporal substitution, the evidence in this study indicates that insurgent groups are strategic actors that respond to the incentives created by the policies and actions of the counterinsurgent force, rather than groups driven by purely ideological concerns with little sensitivity to costs. There appears to be a ystematic response of Iraqi insurgent groups to information about the U.S. willingness to remain in Iraq and/or public support for the war. .... people.rwj.harvard.edu