Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: What the hell is going on at theNewYorkTimes?

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Jonathan King wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 19:45:17 -0600, Mikhail Kovalenko wrote:
> 
>>I understand that a lot of money is being
>>burnt there but if you have any good ideas on suppressing unexpected
>>resistance movements during guerrilla war, 
> 
> But, Misha, the only people who didn't expect resistance and
> difficulties during the occupation were the folks at the AEI and their
> "they shall greet us with flowers" arm at the DOD!  And the fact that
> none of the generals thought this was a good idea is both well-known
> and kinda proves the point.
> 

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Is that really the case?

> 
>>>Instead, we are involved in some very
>>>expensive nation building that looks like it might fail badly.
>>
>>Iraq is going to be US's Chechnya, no doubt about it.
> 
> God, I hope not.  Chechnya is very different in that Russia did
> control the place and wanted to maintain sovereignty there at
> practically any cost, for reasons that are not completely sensible. 
> Chechnya is a big reason why Russia is currently in such abyssmal
> shape, and why they're now stuck with Bush's good friend Vladimir
> Putin.  Damn, if Iraq is our Chechnya, and Afghanistan becomes our
> Afghanistan, we'll be in far more seriously bad shape than even a
> cynic like me can easily imagine.
> 

Agreed.

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MK
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