[Eagle Eye]

A problem I see with modern precision warfare is that the losing populace doesn't seem to understand when they've been beaten. At the end of WWII, the Germans and Japanese darn sure knew they'd been beaten.

Good point. IMO, if we leave in 3, 5, or 10 years from now and there is even one man left alive and standing in Fallujah, they willl claim victory and that man will have legends, lore and songs written about him and how he drove our the Americans.

How do you 'win' against an attitude like that?

[FreedomPoster]

Jerry Pournelle is about the only person I can think of, who was against a war on Iraq, for whom I have any repect. And I have a *lot* of respect for Pournelle.

Immediately post-9/11, he proposed monuments. Something like this may still come to pass. It sounds extreme now; it may not one day.

http://www.jerrypournelle.com/war/whattodo.html#One

Thanks again for what you do, Eagle Eye.

BTW, if you know of a link for a place with a good list of "things guys in the field in Iraq might like in a Care package", I'm due to send another, and could use some fresh ideas. I've got a guy (stepson of an online friend) with (I think it's) 57th CSG that I'm sending stuff to.