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Originally Posted by yoshana
So Iraq is 'safe' except for that Sunni triangle?
I think that is an over-simplification.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...9§ion=news
Are these terrorists any different than the warlords and tribal leaders we armed in Afghanistan against the USSR in the 80's?
Problem with occupiers is that in the long run 'rebels' win. ie. Vietnam
The NVA had no problem killing foreigners or South Vietnamese including children.
We like the French lost, and lost a lot of American lives for what? |
The explosions in the green zone are a direct result of us getting close to capturing al-Zarqawi. The fact is that Iraqis don’t suicide bomb.
If you are implying that some moral equivalence between America and the Soviet Union, think again...ask any German over 60
Vietnam was lost at home not in the field. In professional terms, it was a tactical and operations success but a strategic loss because the political will was lost.