By: Mac
Posted: 17 Apr 08
Article abstract: There was an inevitability in the insurgencies waged by Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh, largely because these leaders provided a vision of a new society and created the nationalistic spirit needed to create believers, fighting to see this vision within their lifetimes. One of the fundamental flaws of the Iraqi insurgency is a complete lack of vision beyond disorder. And yet it persists. |
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| 1. | dgrenier: | Why do you hate America, the troops, and puppies? And ice cream. How dare you imply that the war is about anything other than "protecting our freedom" from people who have neither the desire nor ability to take away our freedom?
| | 2. | fatman: | "...the Iraqi insurgent leadership views the current conflict as an extension of the medieval crusades with no strategy..."
So, once again, a bunch of ill-prepared foreigners arrive using force towards unclear goals but appropriate the best land. How dare they fight back.
If the Iraqi army landed on Constitution Ave., I would..
1. certainly fight back
2. chuckle at blogs speculating in to my philosophical motives for doing so
| | 3. | fatman: | Also, couldn't you argue that since, what, 70-80% of the population is Shiite, that they viewed Saddam as an outsider as well? Vietnam was at war with France and before that China before us...pretty much the same deal with Iraq save the globally recognized "nations."
Point being, situations like this are NEVER solved militarily. Apparently we are still learning that lesson but eventually we will have to adapt if we are to survive as the U.S.A. as we know it.
ok im done, i need a T.C.O.
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