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Originally posted by Iron_Ranger:
But that doesnt really answer the question..
Maybe its because they didnt want the war, and now that its here they are doing everything in the power to make it look like a bad descion. Thats the only conclusion I can draw.
Edit- Also, most wars arent really fought for people. They are fought for ideals, and what are ideals with out people? So it kind of ties in together. Make sence? Not really, but it does in a vauge way,sorta.
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Actually, wars have not been historically fought for ideals. They were fought for food, land, resources, trade rights, breeding stock. It's only been in the last few hundred years or so that the idea of war for ideas really came about - and alot of those could arguably be attributed to other things.
As to why some think the war is being lost ... well the myth of sterile warfare due to overwelming technology has been allowed to propagate for a long time now. Combine that with instant gratification/ all news (noise) 24/7/ lottery dreams/ blablablah and you get people complaining that the war isn't over within 24 hrs of shots being fired. It's all lies and fantasies.
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Pritchke - "shock and awe" has not been implemented. Unleashing that type of hell is counter productive to winning the hearts and minds. Make no mistake that if we were unconcerned for the indig population, Iraq would be a smouldering ruin - without even using nukes. Of course if we did loose that kind of fury, the rest of the world would rise up against us.
So, an army pushing an objective 300+ mi in less than 2 weeks (never before accomplished - blitzkrieg may be close+) is an obvious failure in this light.
[ 04-03-2003, 01:24 AM: Message edited by: Night Stalker ]