Lounsbury: Iraq, another climb down

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August 11, 2004

Iraq, another climb down

Again.

Whatever the excuse and / or reason, I would like to know, when the US military is going to learn that blustering and then not doing is very bad PR. The phrase speak softly, carry a big stick seems to have been forgotten.

Of course a full on assault on Najaf falls into those actions of losing by winning. I can hardly convince myself that any real gain would come out of 'winning' in Najaf. At least not any real gain for the Americans.

I thought of asking when they would learn some lessons from this macabre dance, but when it comes right down to it, there are none to learn. There is nothing that can cause the resistance to fade away, and neither nothing that a civilized nation of the 21st century will tolerate (if only for the blow back of live imagery) that will crush the resistance.

Not from American actions in any event.

So, more of the dance of the macabre. In cemetaries, which has some felicitious value, although using airstrikes again in Urban areas and in on holy ground defies reason.

August 11, 2004

Iraq, another climb down

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