Welcome to the Iraq Insurgency


	Welcome to the Iraq Insurgency

strider72

4-16-2007 1:34 PM

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iraq, war, war on terror, politics, george bush, al qaeda

strider72 says:

Pretty much anything this guy (Bill Whittle) writes is worth reading.

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4-16-2007 4:36 PM

brazilnut72

Outstanding. Thanks for posting.

9-11-2007 5:18 AM

ouyangwulong

You know, trying to understand Iraq from their point of view is an ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY prerequisite to being able to make any sort of progress. If the old strategic credo goes "know your enemy" how many of us know anything about the people we are fighting? How can we expect to win until we do?

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