I really think our primary mistake was a high level delusional mis-judgement of the Iraqi people, and their thoughts and feelings about their current regime.
I think the Bush Admin had this ridiculous notion that common, everyday Iraqis were sitting in their houses, stewing about how much they hated Saddam.....and that any force who drove him out would be welcomed as liberators. Listen, the average iraqi is just like the average ANYBODY....they care first and foremost about their own comfort of living...about their own safety and security...and their own ability to lead a decent life and support their families. Yeah they couldn't speak out publically against Saddam, but they could get up every morning and go to work without getting shot at. Which do you think was the more important issue to the average Iraqi? Exactly. I think the vast majority of our problems in Iraq all flow from this one over-arching mistake of judgement....we've been trying to patch dozens of issues that all spawned from this single miscalculation. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um what about the British involvement in Malaysia and Kenya in the 50's > and Aden and Belize in the 60's - those were very successful COIN operations > that used a very different approach than what the US has taken until the > most recent stages of the Iraq conflict. > > I think what it shows is that the Rambo/John Wayne type of tactics that > the US army and marines has been so fond of don't really work all that well > against a determined opposition. > -- My therapist said not to see you no more Said your like a disease, without any cure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259829 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
