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2007-08-09 Iraq

Sunni fighters find benefits in alliance with U.S.

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-08-09 11:32|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 One of the benefits is a form of life insurance. We don't kill them.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-08-09 13:00|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-08-09 13:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Makes me wonder if this is his opinion, or some kind of talking points.

Posted by wxjames 2007-08-09 16:20|| 2007-08-09 16:20|| Front Page Top

#3 It's slow going but a good sign. Takes years.

BTW Timmy croaked, too much discussion about well-safety.

Posted by Rink A Dink Dink 2007-08-09 16:59|| 2007-08-09 16:59|| Front Page Top

#4 What amazes me is that the media thinks that this is something new that the US has just invented in Iraq - don't any reporters know American history at all? This is standard counter-insurgency/counter-tribal warfare, of the kind practiced in this country since BEFORE there was a country. We started doing this iat Plymouth Rock and continued it through the Oregon Trail, and the pacification of the Apaches : play one tribe against another, and when you defeat one, clean it up a bit and then point it at its traditional tribal enemies to do the fighting and dying for you.
Of course there are risks that the Sunnis will try to gangster the areas they are helping us in : half of the Sunni "resistance" is made up of street thugs and gangbangers let out of prison by Saddam just before we invaded. So naturally, the Sunni bangers will try to go back to run the area if they get the chance; our job is to weed out the worst and insure that lots of the remainder dies bravely for their homeland, battling Al-Q and the Maahdi Army.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-08-09 17:03|| 2007-08-09 17:03|| Front Page Top

#5 agree Shieldwolf, it takes time for any insurgency to learn-up and aquire the ability to peer at the light bulb.

A Few shooters, bomb/planters get it right away but most of them die before they get a chance pass it on. LOL.

The insurgent "officers" and insurgent leaders are the ones who need persuading. As soon as they see the light the WAR changes in our favor significantly.

Given the characters embedded around Iraq and the multiple 'family combatants' within, things could still take a little while to settle down yet.

Posted by Red Dawg 2007-08-09 20:51|| 2007-08-09 20:51|| Front Page Top

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