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2008-01-09 Iraq

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Posted by Sherry 2008-01-09 15:49|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 "Gee, maybe shooting everybody who looks at us funny wasn't the best strategy..."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-01-09 16:44|| 2008-01-09 16:44|| Front Page Top

#2 This kind of self deception and lack of objectivity guarantees failure in the future. It is essential to those who wish to conduct unconventional operations that they have *somebody* who will point out the glaringly obvious, without getting their head cut off for it.

The Roman generals of old, with a victory wreath of laurel on their head, riding on a chariot in procession in Rome to greet the emperor, had a slave assigned to ride with them, whose job was to say, over and over again to the general "Thou are mortal."

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-09 18:46|| 2008-01-09 18:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Apart from the fact that most people don't like their children kidnapped, murdered and then served on a bed of rice; the big problem was that the terrorists became sloppy and predictable.

Strategy page has had several articles about the Americans doing numeric analysis on terrorist incidents looking for patterns. Once the database got large enough, it became possible to predict where individual cells were going to strike next.

They can not admit publically that they are a bunch of sadistic monsters, but until they show some awareness of pattern recognition, they are as good as dead.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-01-09 19:06|| 2008-01-09 19:06|| Front Page Top

#4 WAPO > SEE NO GOOD - WHY THE DEMOCRATS/CANDIDATES SEE NO PROGRESS IN IRAQ.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-09 19:40|| 2008-01-09 19:40|| Front Page Top

#5 It is who gest most from action and reaction that will make the winner. Dont expect the casualities will go down constantly.

Posted by Pholugum Stalin1270 2008-01-09 21:23|| 2008-01-09 21:23|| Front Page Top

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