tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post2305818083321172164..comments2023-09-05T08:21:27.204-06:00Comments on Serving the People of Iraq: Military Success and Political Failure in IraqFrank Stahelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-89786686046506246482007-06-29T15:23:00.000-06:002007-06-29T15:23:00.000-06:00I think he's right. al Maliki has never really be...I think he's right. al Maliki has never really been in favor of peace, but has been partial to the Shia and Iranians.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-30726274112997784312007-06-29T15:19:00.000-06:002007-06-29T15:19:00.000-06:00You can also read in the same article that Ambassa...You can also read in the same article that Ambassador Crocker thinks the Iraqi government is going to collapse.rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-51037011452879674282007-06-28T14:52:00.000-06:002007-06-28T14:52:00.000-06:00Why I think it is at least the best attempt at cla...Why I think it is at least the best attempt at classic counter-insurgency with the number of troops available (quotes from the Time article): <BR/><BR/>"how much more knowledgeable the U.S. military is about Iraq now than when [Petraeus] first came over with the Operation Iraqi Freedom invasion force in 2003"<BR/><BR/>"He has said a military victory isn't possible, that Iraq can be stabilized only through a political solution that honors all sides in the conflict"Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-59551567244939535202007-06-28T14:29:00.000-06:002007-06-28T14:29:00.000-06:00Frank, check out this article by Joe Klein in Time...Frank, check out this article by Joe Klein in Time magazine: "In Iraq, Operation Last Chance"<BR/>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1638128,00.html?xid=site-cnn-partner<BR/><BR/>Sample quote: "The current operation, Phantom Thunder... is not classic counterinsurgency warfare. It is not about protecting a population but about attacking a historically elusive enemy. This is not so easily done in Iraq."rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-79536376794162118602007-06-28T12:27:00.000-06:002007-06-28T12:27:00.000-06:00Considering the size of the force, you're right in...Considering the size of the force, you're right in the long term, but he is employing counter-insurgency tactics. Despite, for example, how well things are going in Baquba, if the Iraqi forces aren't capable of holding onto the gains there when the Americans move on to something else, then it will be a temporary accomplishment.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-32564177351004267972007-06-28T12:19:00.000-06:002007-06-28T12:19:00.000-06:00Just for the sake of having an intelligible commen...Just for the sake of having an intelligible comment here: General Petraeus knows damn well that this offensive is anti-insurgency, not counter-insurgency. As such it's a temporary accomplishment (cf. Fallujah), at the cost of many people permanently losing their lives.<BR/><BR/>At this point, it's a given that the US Army and Marines are going to pack up and redeploy no later than January 2009. That's the operational and political reality .rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-36647446137054484182007-06-22T22:43:00.000-06:002007-06-22T22:43:00.000-06:00mullah cimoc say each ameriki having two gonad s...mullah cimoc say each ameriki having two gonad so jealous of mujahid fighters in Baquoba.<BR/><BR/>usa army say of them mujahid: a 'hardline group of fighters who have no intention of leaving.'<BR/><BR/>These hardline man all having the two gonad. <BR/><BR/>Ameriki having the two gonad him understand. But so many ameriki now the feminzied like woman not having even one gonad.<BR/><BR/>USA media make all ameriki man accepting the woman to rule over him. The war reportr him the woman. the power person in tv show him the woman. this to make ameriki man the obedient.<BR/><BR/>Now ameirki society becoming so the sick. Is the punish for cruel and torture in iraq?<BR/><BR/>Google: mighty wurlitzer +cia learn how ameriki media so control now. all for serve masters in tel aviv.<BR/><BR/>also: ameriki woman now so slut with LBT (low back tattoo) and the so skinny and cannot having the child, just loving dog and cat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com