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| Questioning Unbeatable Insurgencies - Arnaud De Borchgrave |
| 2008-08-25 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #5 Despite recognizing the looming CONVENTIONAL + POTENS NUCLEAR ISLAMIST THREAT to its own national security and integrity, RUSSIA STILL DESIRES TO EMPOWER AND USE A NUCLEAR IRAN AGZ THE US-WEST/NATO-EU + MAJOR WORLD STATES vv THE "GREAT GAME". Russ is making a dangerous, potens catastrophic gamble for itself and all Asia iff its wrong, ESPEC > JAN 2009 AS PER THE POST-DUBYA NEW US NATIONAL ADMIN. GOTTA RESPECT THE RUSS GONADS IN THEIR SITUATION. ION Not-Necessarily-Unrelated, WAFF > THE FUTURE OF THE RUSSIAN NAVY. Return to desired NEW GREATNESS-POWER, versus FAILURE + ABSOLUTE UNSTOPPABLE GEOPOL DECLINE, IRRELEVANCE + DISAPPEARANCE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-25 23:25 |
| #4 It's always the case that insurgencies are unbeatable when they have an impregnable fortress, even if its walls are visible only to lawyers. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-08-25 19:25 |
| #3 I suspect a gentleman by the name of Petraeus has some thoughts of his own on 'unbeatable insurgencies'. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-08-25 19:16 |
| #2 Apparently this was more a history lecture of a sort. I don't think he has a solution, except for mentioning this: The United States and NATO are fast approaching decision time to take the war to Taliban's safe bases in FATA, with or without Pakistani consent. A larger aid package than the current $750 million for FATA's 3.5 million people also would have to be voted by the new U.S. Congress. Then again he blows it with this observation: Congress, in a classic case of cutting off its nose to spite its face, decided to cut off all military aid to South Vietnamese and Cambodian allies. IMNSHO, it wasn't a matter of "cutting off its nose"; Congress knew what it was doing. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-08-25 13:49 |
| #1 And the De Borchgrave solution is? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-25 08:54 |