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To: Bilow who wrote (790138)	6/15/2014 11:52:57 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578332

>> Your basic problem, and the problem of the Bush #43 administration, and the problem of the Obama administration, and the problem of the administration that will be elected in 2016 (whether it is republican or democrat) is that you are ignorant of the nature of war and what military power can and cannot do, and how it does what it can do. I disagree. I think the Bush administration, as well as the Clinton administration before it, had a reasonable grasp of what military power could do. In fact, Bush made the correct call -- moving against all popular appeal -- to solve the problem the removal of Saddam had helped to create. Agreeably, it was a mix of military power and other tactics (including the use of quasi-mercenaries) to accomplish it, but it did work. Had we been willing to use it, military power could have brought the situation in Iraq to a quick and painless end. But it would have meant civilian casualties -- in WWII, civilian casualties were not only acceptable they were often targets. It is a different time and place. >> This is why these occupations were peaceful. There was no "shock and awe", no harmless fireworks displays. The wars were murder on a mass scale (on all sides) and they brought the conflict to a conclusion that was accepted as permanent by all sides. Our Iraq war was like a butterfly hunt organized by brownies. I don't disagree with that at all. WWII was fought to the end; until no one had any fight left.