None of the mercenaries....

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None of the mercenaries....

azstrummer — 9/12/2007 3:43:18 PM (archived)

on either side of our Revolution could have completely overwhelmed militarily the lands they were within. None of them were the most high tech military on the face of the Earth capable of bringing incredible destruction from afar with the push of a button.

Just imagine a force like that coming into your land and "helping" you to depose a dreaded leader and then seeing your country devolve into utter chaos and violence, creating huge and very permanent-appearing bases for themselves. Imagine watching millions of your best and brightest citizens fleeing for their lives across your borders to escape the pandemonium that's ensued, often to lands where the conditions aren't much better than they were under your evil dictator.

This current situation is unprecedented in any history I've ever read about. To try to equate this mess to our own revolution is a wet dream.

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Petraeus presentation - TB - 9/10/2007 6:23:33 PM
- What difference does it make? - ER - 9/11/2007 7:58:04 PM
  - So what do you propose? We leave Iraq and let a Civil war turn it into a Mecca for Al Queda? - TAFKASE - 9/11/2007 8:05:04 PM
    - If we leave Iraq, the Shia will exterminate Sunni Al-Quaeda. - ER - 9/11/2007 8:14:00 PM
      - re: If we leave Iraq, the Shia will exterminate Sunni Al-Quaeda. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/12/2007 4:24:47 AM
      - Is that the Democrat's plan? It might work if. - TAFKASE - 9/11/2007 8:30:43 PM
- re: Petraeus presentation - James Brown - 9/11/2007 3:09:22 PM
- re: Petraeus presentation - James Brown - 9/11/2007 2:57:17 PM
- Technically very sound...and completely out of touch with reality - z - 9/11/2007 3:05:43 AM
  - That's funny. I thought the surge was doomed to failure. - TAFKASE - 9/11/2007 1:45:01 PM
  - That has to be the most impressive reach I've seen yet on this. - TB - 9/11/2007 3:21:28 AM
    - The point is that the "progress" is an illusion - z - 9/11/2007 4:56:17 AM
      - Dream on... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/11/2007 8:19:42 AM
- I will grant - azstrummer - 9/10/2007 9:23:03 PM
  - Nobody is asking the Democrats to buy everything he says with a complete pass on credibility - TAFKASE - 9/10/2007 10:02:18 PM
    - But you're discounting the credibility that I value the most - azstrummer - 9/10/2007 11:14:57 PM
      - Maybe Iraq was wrong from the start, but I am more concerned about the future than the past. - TAFKASE - 9/11/2007 1:39:21 PM
        
        There is no plan - azstrummer - 9/11/2007 4:44:47 PM
        
        There is a plan. - TAFKASE - 9/11/2007 5:09:11 PM
        
        Oh man - azstrummer - 9/11/2007 6:49:21 PM
        
        wow... No occupying nation? god save the Queen dude. - TAFKASE - 9/11/2007 8:02:03 PM
        
        What? - azstrummer - 9/11/2007 9:57:51 PM
        
        The whole concept of the US as "occupiers"... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/11/2007 10:37:45 PM
        
        None of the mercenaries.... - azstrummer - 9/12/2007 3:43:18 PM
        
        "This current situation is unprecedented in any history I've ever read about." - TB - 9/12/2007 4:15:25 PM
        
        re: "This current situation is unprecedented in any history I've ever read about." - azstrummer - 9/12/2007 9:07:31 PM
        
        Not the same as the American Revolution? Agreed. - TB - 9/12/2007 10:08:13 PM
- Advice to the press from Michael Yon - TB - 9/10/2007 8:58:53 PM
  - On interviewing battalion commanders - dtb - 9/10/2007 10:16:39 PM
    - Good post. - TB - 9/11/2007 1:49:29 AM
- The Crocker presentation - TB - 9/10/2007 8:44:40 PM
- All I have to say about this: Term Limits... - TAFKASE - 9/10/2007 8:16:48 PM
  - We've got them - Eri - 9/10/2007 8:21:05 PM
    - WELL THEN GIVE BUSH 4 MORE YEARS! - TAFKASE - 9/10/2007 9:54:06 PM
- Jeez, hear the man out! - Eri - 9/10/2007 8:07:03 PM

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