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To: My2Cents
Speaking as a Marine going back to the Vietnam era ... that strategy rarely, if ever, works.
139 posted on 05/03/2004 7:20:35 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: BluH2o; My2Cents
"Speaking as a Marine going back to the Vietnam era ... that strategy rarely, if ever, works."

Agreed. It’s one thing to trust how a professional military accomplishes a complex objective, like defeating an undefeated city. It’s another to say we should not second guess how our politicians override the military commanders.

145 posted on 05/03/2004 7:29:20 PM PDT by elfman2
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To: BluH2o
So, we should win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, and their emerging leaders, by flipping them off?
269 posted on 05/04/2004 10:15:35 AM PDT by My2Cents ("Well...there you go again.")
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