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