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Look, Fallujah's an especially tough place because a bunch of people were killed there by the 82nd back in April. There's a lot of revenge killing going on. You'll notice that this kind of thing isn't happening in Basra, Najaf, Karbala, An Nasiriyah, or anywhere in Kurdestan? Nope. Anywhere where you have a strong concentration of Sunnis is where you'll have the most resistance.

It's something we'll have to live with until we bring our guys home. I hate to say it, but we'll have to get used to it an pray for the families of the fallen.

But please folks, this ain't Vietnam. At one point, in 1968, we were losing an average of 600 men a week. NVA Regular Infantry and the local Victor Charlies make these Arabs look like the Pop Warner league that they are.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

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Anywhere where you have a strong concentration of Sunnis is where you'll have the most resistance.
There was however unexpected resistance in Basra at the begining. I heard someone's theory that the reason the British have their sector under better control is because they have experience from occuping literally half the planet. Your Sunni idea makes sense too. Kurdestan -- well that's easy they've been running thier end of the country already. My guess is there will be ethnic cleansing problems between Kurds and Arabs.

You're definately right this isn't WW2 or Vietnam, but it does pose a significant problem. It's hard to do public relations/diplomacy or rebuild thier country from inside an APC.