alt.war.iraq

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Friday September 14, 2007

POLITICAL ESSAYS

It's Their Fault, Their Fault, Their Fault

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A Lieutenant Colonel complains about the new Field Manual on

Counterinsurgency.

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One of his points:

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"Because soldiers need tactical success to guarantee the main-

tenance of their morale and offensive spirit,

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and because tactical success in Iraq --killing the bona fide

enemy-- is so elusive,

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the idea of torture in the minds of combat soldiers fills a

void, psychologically, in their desire to regain the initia-

tive."

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It's NOT their fault, NOT their fault, NOT their fault.

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A retired Army officer explains why the Iraqi Resistance is

so elusive.

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One of his points:

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"...innovative approaches to fielding combatant forces...have

posed unexpectedly solution-resisitant challenges to English-

speaking militaries, as well as to the Israeli Defense Force."

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It's *Their* Fault, *Their* Fault, *Their* Fault.

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As for torture, it's like Le Pen says about the Holocaust:

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It's a (d)(e)(t)(a)(i)(l).

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Eating soup with a spoon.  Missing from the new COIN manual's

pages is the imperative to fight

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 /2007/09/2786780

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When Muslim armies won.  Lessons from yesteryear's jihadi vic-

tories

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 /2007/09/2902116

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Newsstories of interest at:

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 /group/O-r-e-o

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