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2006-08-13 Terror Networks

VDH: Surreal Rules The difficulties of fighting in an absurdly complicated region.

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Posted by 3dc 2006-08-13 08:12|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 To win these wars, we need to outsource the job to those who can fight them with impunity.

He's got a point. And for the record my position is all I care about is wining. I don't care about morality and quasilegal positions.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-08-13 08:32|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-13 08:32|| Front Page Top

#2 "6-8 weeks about the length of the Balkan or Afghanistan war is the limit of our patience. After that, Americans become so sensitive to global criticism that they begin to hate themselves as much as others do. To win these wars, they should be over in 24 hours but at all cost no more than 8 weeks."

Unfortunately this, more than anything else, is going to be the single biggest lesson any future U.S. President will absorb from our response to 9/11 so far: in the event of another catastrophic terrorist attack, any response must be completed in a matter of a few weeks-- not months, and certainly not years-- lest it become a severe political liability. The notion of a "generational conflict" is absurd so long as the American public has an attention span of mere days, and so long as one of our political parties works actively to undermine any sustained military effort.

I say "unfortunately" because the end result will be that when the next 9/11 is perpetrated, we will either do nothing about it at all (except maybe whine to the United Nations), or we will lash out with a savagery that will be truly sickening.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-08-13 08:57|| 2006-08-13 08:57|| Front Page Top

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