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. RE: Iraq war actually isn't over. |