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Originally posted by Moiraine:
Speaking of stupid, I have heard the most imbecillistic sentence this morning on the radio : "The US generals say the war will last longer than expected, mainly because of the resistance of the Iraqi".
I know, I know what he meant - but this is an intrinsically stupid sentence : what, the generals say the war will be harder because the other side is fighting back ? Isn't this a war, or did I miss something ? 
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I think they have an assumed "unexpectedly strong" between "the" and "resistance". In this case they probably should have explicitly stated it, becuause you're right that the sentance is pretty silly without it.