It seems, according to this amateur military strategist, that the biggest item of bad news to the hegemons until now is the failure of pre war intelligence operations and propaganda to split Iraqis. the shiite opposition in Iran said it will not fight alongside the Americans, and the Iraqi foreign minister, speaks of millions under arms. if this holds, then we are in for the long haul. what makes matters more complex, is the apparent readiness for suicide attacks etc. this suicide is new to the near east, records show that unlike Hungary or Denmark, suicides on the Persian gulf are few and far between. what could drive people to do that en masse must be seminally related to a social condition that nurture the culture of suicide or mass suicide. for instance, in eastern Europe, Russia, and the Baltic suicide rates already too high trebled in the transition, so much so that the rate was almost 1 in 1000 in som!
e areas.
I am no military expert but things seem to be wavering for now, just for now, since reports say that Iraqis are united against the invader, but what is really baffling is how this killing in two dimensional space, i.e. T.V, goes on as if it was roman violence back when. is two dimensional viewing of crime less hurtful, has there anything that has been done on this?
That is why people view tv wars that with apathy.
Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
London 8:30am
"awful awful news" said the BBC correspondent around 7:30. Likely to have a
"devastating" effect on morale - an RAF plane has been shot down by an
American missile.
They could not even name the type of plane in a clumsy attempt to hide
behind security restrictions.
The senior researcher for the RUSI (Royal United Services Institute - the
most prestigious UK military think tank) said with tight lips, that he
could not comment directly on the effect on morale, but "imagine if you an
RAF pilot just getting into your plane for the next run...." The coalition
of the good and willing has had "friendly" fire before but involving
pockets of soldiers. Coming on top of the succession of accidents with
helicopters this could lead to serious calls in Parliament for the
withdrawal of troops already within a few days of Blair se! curing a
majority, completely undermine the arguments in the UK that we must suspend
protests in support of "our" troops.
Chris Burford
London
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