Decius wrote:
] ] The United States is now clearly involved in a guerrilla
] ] war in the Sunni regions of Iraq. As a result, U.S.
] ] forces are engaging in counterinsurgency operations,
] ] which historically have proven most difficult and trying
] ] -- for both American forces and American politics.
] ] Suppressing a guerrilla operation without alienating the
] ] indigenous population represents an extreme challenge to
] ] the United States that at this point does not appear
] ] avoidable -- and the seriousness of which does not appear
] ] to be broadly understood.
]
] While the US media is so confident that the US won the Iraq
] war that the subject has become passe, it turns out that the
] capitulation of troops was part of a deliberate strategy.
] Hussein may in fact still be in control of his military. The
] war is not over. The US has not won.

I am shocked, I tell you, shocked.