] Unfortunately, our leaders do not understand the Fourth
] Generation, so it appears we are about to throw this
] opportunity away. We continue to bomb and shell Fallujah,
] which pushes our enemies toward each other. We seem to be
] readying an all-out assault on the city, which will have
] the usual result when Goliath defeats David: a moral
] defeat for Goliath. Many Iraqis will die, the city will
] be wrecked (as always, we will promise to rebuild it but
] not do so), and any losses the insurgents suffer will be
] made up many times over by a flood of new recruits. Never
] was it more truly said that, %u201CWe have met the enemy,
] and he is us.%u201D

The man who wrote the Marines combat manuals drops the knowledge bomb. Linked from Gibson's blog. Definately one to monitor for war watchers. Gold Star... if I had any.

Every line is so quotable.

William S. Lind On War Archive