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2007-06-20 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-06-20 13:04|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 We are finally seeing the results of years of fighting, rebuilding, and talking to the tribes : they are switching to the government side because that is where all the major goodies are. For anyone who thinks this is something new, I would suggest that they read the history of the US Army and the Marine Corps : this is the standard small war/counter-insurgency/counter-tribal warfare model that the US has used for over 200 years. It is how we broke the Plains Indians, the Apaches, the Comanches, the Moro revolt in the Phillipines, the communist revolts in Guatemala in the 1930s, etc.
The advantage we had back then was that the media of the day was NOT a cheerleading section for the enemy, as it is today. Counter-insurgency warfare takes about 10 years to be completed successfully, but the Dhimmocrats and the media will only permit a 3 year period nowadays.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-06-20 17:30|| 2007-06-20 17:30|| Front Page Top

#2 I was hoping the Apaches, long docile on their reservations here in Arizona were going to be unleashed on the Iraquis to fulfill their cultural destiny.

Posted by borgboy2001 2007-06-20 19:33|| 2007-06-20 19:33|| Front Page Top

#3 maybe Al Q in Iraq finally started to run low of cash to bribe tribal leaders at the same time that Al Q was annoying the tribal leaders by implementing real sharia

Posted by mhw 2007-06-20 22:07|| 2007-06-20 22:07|| Front Page Top

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