On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:08:27 +1100, Terry Collins
wrote:

Gunner wrote:

So its pretty much an option of last resort. Unlike Iraq, which could
be and was defeated in a few hours with relatively few casualites on
either side.

ROFL. So you don't think the "insurgency" was planned right from the
beginning?

No..I dont, actually.

Where did the Iraqi (?) army receive their tactics training anyway?

A lot of the early birds got trained by the US. They became the
Generals later on. With the exception of the Baathists and their
enforcement arm the Feyadeen..and fewer and fewer of them are
surviving..most of the insurgents are foreign nationals come for the
Great Jihad.
This is the reason they have no problem with butchering the Iraqi
civilians..because they are Syrian, Palistinian, Saudi and so on. They
are not killing their "own" people. The Iraqi population is simply
both a tool and in the way.

Gunner

It's better to be a red person in a blue state
than a blue person in a red state. As a red
person, if your blue neighbors turn into a mob
at least you have a gun to protect yourself.
As a blue person, your only hope is to appease
the red mob with herbal tea and marinated tofu.

(Phil Garding)