Hi, DevSix! Thanks for the feedback. It's nice to hear from you again.... and remember we lost well over 400,000 KIA men in WWIII suppose I'm less worried about the enemy getting the "inside word" than I am about him planting spies everywhere in amongst our troops, and collecting tons of analyzable data on them. Such information can tell Zarqawi a whole lot about what we're up to in our day-to-day ops, even if he were unable to plant someone in a sensitive position (which I'd wager he has been able to do).
How many millions of men did Hitler have in arms? Thankfully, Zarqawi has nowhere near that number. And I think I can safely guarantee that we would've have suffered vastly more KIAs in WWII if Nazi spies had been tucking our troops in every night! </tongue-in-cheek metaphors> :-)Making an observation like the one I'm making isn't a matter of fighting the last war. Rather, it's a lesson I think we can take from all wars where "it" (i.e., being what I think is a little too cavalier in our approach to enemy intelligence gathering capabilities) has been done.
I can appreciate the concern here but our forces do everything possible under the circumstances to not allow non-vetted Iraqi's into sensitive positions.
Additionally, Zarqawi does not have the resources to be planting "spies" everywhere. Not at all. He has more of an "after the fact" type Intel system. Where thugs of his demand feedback from everyday Iraqi's on "what they may have seen of late".
Rather, it's a lesson I think we can take from all wars where "it" (i.e., being what I think is a little too cavalier in our approach to enemy intelligence gathering capabilities) has been done.
Again, I can appreciate the concern of this could-be matter - However that has not been the case at all for our forces in Iraq. We have been conscience of this reality / capability of our enemies since day one of this war. Regardless of what some news paper pundit wants to spout off about from some anonymous source.
Best regards,