] 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 |