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2013-04-02 Terror Networks

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Posted by tipper 2013-04-02 02:55|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 You can't build democracies where there isn't a demos.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-04-02 08:46|| 2013-04-02 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 American soldiers and Marines found themselves fighting guerrillas who used tactics and weapons, such as IEDs (improvised explosive devices) that were very effective against a conventional force.

IED's and IED makers CAN fok'n be DEFEATED, if the political will is there. This piece of kak is filled with uninformed half-truths. You CANNOT win a counterinsurgency and permit neighboring states to provide safe havens and sanctuary. It simply does not work.

Maddening, absolutely maddening.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-02 10:20|| 2013-04-02 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Hah, next you'll be expecting media outlets to tell the truth Besoeker. You know why such things never happen. Well, until the next reckoning that is.

Posted by Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2013-04-02 13:11|| 2013-04-02 13:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Besoeker, a lesson the US learned in Vietnam and then seem to have forgotten again. Very sad.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-04-02 14:34|| 2013-04-02 14:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually we do have good record on irregular warfare. The Vietnamese turned back one conventional invasion from the north after we pulled out the bulk of our forces with the 'insurgency' pretty much destroyed. Then the Donk dominated Congress stepped in and cut funding and support. The second conventional invasion succeeded. If there's a lesson in there, it's for the Israelis, SKoreans et al on whom they can trust.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-04-02 20:05|| 2013-04-02 20:05|| Front Page Top

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