Comments on: Pure Faith http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/11/1527/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:11:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/11/1527/comment-page-1/#comment-151959 Swami Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:34:05 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=1527#comment-151959 If I could but just touch the hem of his flight suit. If I could but just touch the hem of his flight suit.

]]> By: felicity smith http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/11/1527/comment-page-1/#comment-151942 felicity smith Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:17:04 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=1527#comment-151942 Right on Swami. Living in California, same size as Iraq with comparable populations, when I project 20,000 bodies into this state, it's hard to believe that 20,000 (hell, don't some sports arenas hold that many people) additional bodies are going to be anything but a drop in the bucket. The British during our revolution not only lost because the incentive to win, not to mention the resources, wasn't there, there weren't enough military bodies to cover the vast territory and all the inhabitants. You'd think by this time that politicians and militaries - certainly if they ever read history - would get what it takes to conquer and hold a territory and its people. (Anybody look at a map of Iran lately and wonder how we're going to conquer and hold a country that size?) Right on Swami. Living in California, same size as Iraq with comparable populations, when I project 20,000 bodies into this state, it’s hard to believe that 20,000 (hell, don’t some sports arenas hold that many people) additional bodies are going to be anything but a drop in the bucket. The British during our revolution not only lost because the incentive to win, not to mention the resources, wasn’t there, there weren’t enough military bodies to cover the vast territory and all the inhabitants.

You’d think by this time that politicians and militaries – certainly if they ever read history – would get what it takes to conquer and hold a territory and its people. (Anybody look at a map of Iran lately and wonder how we’re going to conquer and hold a country that size?)

]]> By: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/11/1527/comment-page-1/#comment-150463 Swami Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:30:46 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=1527#comment-150463 I wouldn't be so eager to conclude that the disappearance of the Mahdi militia from the streets of Baghdad is a sign of cowardice or an indicator of a successful surge plan. I'm more inclined to think that somebody is one step ahead of Bush because time and money is constantly workng against Bush. If I remember my American history correctly,it wasn't the military defeat of the British at Yorktown that ended the Revolutionary War.. it was the wearing down of resources over time that made the British decide to finally call it quits. The same goes for America's defeat in Vietnam. The insurgency in Iraq knows that time is their greatest ally. I wouldn’t be so eager to conclude that the disappearance of the Mahdi militia from the streets of Baghdad is a sign of cowardice or an indicator of a successful surge plan. I’m more inclined to think that somebody is one step ahead of Bush because time and money is constantly workng against Bush.
If I remember my American history correctly,it wasn’t the military defeat of the British at Yorktown that ended the Revolutionary War.. it was the wearing down of resources over time that made the British decide to finally call it quits. The same goes for America’s defeat in Vietnam. The insurgency in Iraq knows that time is their greatest ally.

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