PC policies, the hearts & minds crap, acceding to Maliki (Sadr's proxy) "orders" by releasing a captured Mahdi army commander and taking down the US check points around Sadr City, etc.
Our troops are being murdered because they are restrained; worrying about the hearts & minds of Iraqis and the world at large.
What you term "Hearts & Minds crap" is a vital part of winning a guerilla war'
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
University of Chicago Press ^ | John A. Nagl
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Posted on 03/21/2006 8:40:22 AM CST by Valin
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam John A. Nagl
Preface to the Paperback Edition Spilling Soup on Myself
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For more on this must read (at least "must read" for those who take this stuff seriously)
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Eating+soup+with+a+knife%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N
For those who don't take it seriously I'd recommend
www.dumberthanapost.