> Angel asked: > What about if a United States hellfire missile hits a mosque in > Fallujah and kills 100 civilians. What is it then?
An act of war if Fallujah is a sovereign country, a flubbed police action if Fallujah is some type of US protectorate. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a classic example of how a war of occupation is unwinnable given one side is unable or unwilling to exterminate the other. This is because each civilian death acts as a catalyst for terrorism rather than a shunt. When a foreign force kills civilians, the survivors come to hate the attacker no matter what the reason for the attack. Time and again history has proven these wars unwinnable. The likely scenario for Iraq right now is: 1.) Iraqi elections take place in January and Iraqis elect fundamentalist Islamists. 2.) The US agrees to mostly pull out of Iraq, turning over security to Iraqis. 3.) The Iraqis become more and more fundamentalist as they are unable to secure the population due to guerrillas from Iran, amongst other countries. 4.) From a US policy perspective, Iraq becomes indistinguishable from Iran. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132505 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
