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Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi Gov't Opens Channel to Insurgents
2005-06-02
Yeah. Right. That'll work... Sigh. Go ahead. Give it a try. But it's still too early...
Posted by:Fred

#6  A MOAB would work too.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-06-02 11:42  

#5  Personally, I think the insurgency is a thing of beauty. It draws all our enemies from all over the arab (small a ) world to our Army (big A) and makes them available to kill. Terrorists are a notoriously hard bunch to engage, but now they are flocking to Iraq to kill other arabs and expose themselves for our troops (or even better Iraqi troops) to kill. It not only gets them out in the open, it draws them away from the U.S. and into a place where professional soldiers can deal with them. Think about it .
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-06-02 11:41  

#4  Most likely those that opened the channel know what the results will be as well. But it's all part of the routine of horse-trading and influence-buying.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-06-02 11:05  

#3  Seriously, this is part of the concept called divide and conquer.

If anyone is interested, I just finished a book by Victor Davis Hanson called "Ripples of Battle". Highly recommend it. Reason I mentioned it is because one of the sections detailed the problems in the South in the aftermath of the civil war. I couldn't help but notice the similarities between the reluctance of the defeated south (and its own insurgency) to be brought back into the political fold, and todays issues with the 'No more the top dogs' Sunnis.
Posted by: JackAssFestival   2005-06-02 11:04  

#2  A MOAB would open up a nice sized channel, wouldn't it?
Posted by: JackAssFestival   2005-06-02 10:51  

#1  Any rational person would figure that examples of all the various "negotiations" that have been conducted and the current state of affairs in Iraq would be enough with which to draw a logical conclusion, but nooo....
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-06-02 09:50  

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