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• Obama backing off Predator attacks? - TB - 5/5/2009 11:52:20 PM
  • Guerilla war, Losing Tactics 101: Red Cross: "'Dozens' of Afghans die in airstrike" - Bowser - 5/6/2009 2:14:00 PM
    • Terrorism, winning tactics 101 - TB - 5/6/2009 4:20:23 PM
      • "It seems a little silly to deliberately fight a guerilla war in a manner guaranteed to lose it." - Bowser - 5/6/2009 9:39:52 PM
      • Fight the war that's there and win it, not Vietnam all over again and lose. - Bowser - 5/6/2009 9:35:52 PM
  • You didn't read the article did you? - Tony - 5/6/2009 1:24:43 PM
  • re: Obama backing off Predator attacks? - Andrew - 5/6/2009 4:10:57 AM
    • Ah. The "king vampire" theory. - TB - 5/6/2009 4:17:23 AM
      • What a song and dance! - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2009 4:59:56 AM
        • "Change?" To what? - TB - 5/6/2009 5:10:06 AM
          • Changing to a situation in flux - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2009 6:24:58 AM
      • Jeez. Remember 9/11? And the desire to get the perp? - alcaray - 5/6/2009 4:24:32 AM
  • "That's it for America's role in the fight in Pakistan" - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2009 3:38:11 AM
    • re: "That's it for America's role in the fight in Pakistan" - TB - 5/6/2009 3:51:20 AM
      • re: "That's it for America's role in the fight in Pakistan" - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2009 4:07:44 AM
        • All military actions have civilian casualties. - TB - 5/6/2009 4:12:09 AM
          • So given non-rationality... - dtb - 5/6/2009 5:53:11 PM
          • Fighting a guerilla war with WW I tactics is called "losing". (n/t) - Bowser - 5/6/2009 3:21:13 PM
            • You almost wrote "WWII" didn't you? :) (n/t) - TB - 5/6/2009 5:07:40 PM
              • No. It was deliberate, but it's not quite accurate. Neither is WWII. Nor Korea. Vietnam is. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/7/2009 12:04:24 AM
              • re: You almost wrote "WWII" didn't you? :) - Hans - 5/6/2009 7:41:56 PM
  • "Iran carries out an air raid on targets in Iraq" Please elaborate. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/6/2009 2:49:46 AM
    • Iran has attacked Kurdish areas near their border with helicopters - TB - 5/6/2009 4:22:46 AM
      • What is the USA going to do about it? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/7/2009 11:53:12 AM
      • Iraqi Kurds are US surrogates in a secret war against Iran. - Bowser - 5/7/2009 12:13:02 AM
        • Glad to hear that. I am hoping that, sooner or later, such measures will overthrow the so-called "government" of Iran. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/7/2009 11:55:00 AM
      • They did, several times. This has been going on, and off, for years. - Haji - 5/6/2009 8:13:07 PM