re: Don't think so.

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re: Don't think so.

Tom Brosz — 1/4/2005 5:09:01 AM (archived)

Uh...I hope nobody else is measuring how well the war is going solely by whether or not the violence is increasing or decreasing. I'm trying to imagine how WWII would have been analyzed this way.

Obviously, we could reduce American casualties to zero by pulling all our forces out. Does this mean the war is now a success?

Did you read the Greyhawk links? When an American soldier or some Iraqi civilians are killed, it's considered a "defeat" in the media. When dozens to hundreds of the enemy are captured or killed, why is that never considered a "victory?"

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Good News from Iraq, Part 18. - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2005 7:02:34 PM
- "How would Iraq appear if we saw it through not the reporting of Western journalists, but the candid testimony of Iraqis themselves?" - Bowser - 1/3/2005 10:25:39 PM
  - re: "How would Iraq appear if we saw it through not the reporting of Western journalists, but the candid testimony of Iraqis themselves?" - gbaikie - 1/4/2005 12:11:18 AM
- Until we put a stop to these daily attacks, nothing else will matter. - David F Mayer - 1/3/2005 7:31:52 PM
  - Greyhawk collects the military news reports - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2005 7:44:36 PM
    - The problem is simple: The frequency and intensity of terrorist attacks does not seem to be diminishing, or at least diminishing fast enough, to permit the transfer of security to Iraqi forces. - David F Mayer - 1/4/2005 12:06:41 AM
      - Of course they're not diminishing. - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2005 3:46:07 AM
        
        But that is the ONLY measure of a successful counter-insurgency campaign. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/4/2005 4:52:59 AM
        
        re: Don't think so. - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2005 5:09:01 AM
        
        Because the overall progress in reducing attacks and restoring civil order seems to be lacking. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/4/2005 2:02:58 PM

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