Identifying variables
AntiWar.Com
by William S. Lind
01/18/07
One way to look at the situation in Iraq is to try to identify variables, elements that could change. Without change, the war is likely to end with troops having to fight their way out, if they can. The military situation in Iraq is not a variable. All that can change is the speed of our defeat. Some actions might slow it, although the time for such actions, such as adopting an ‘ink blot’ strategy instead of ‘capture or kill,’ passed long ago. Other actions could speed our defeat, an attack on Iran chief among them...
http://www.antiwar.com/lind/?articleid=10346
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Lind
by William S. Lind
01/18/07
One way to look at the situation in Iraq is to try to identify variables, elements that could change. Without change, the war is likely to end with troops having to fight their way out, if they can. The military situation in Iraq is not a variable. All that can change is the speed of our defeat. Some actions might slow it, although the time for such actions, such as adopting an ‘ink blot’ strategy instead of ‘capture or kill,’ passed long ago. Other actions could speed our defeat, an attack on Iran chief among them...
http://www.antiwar.com/lind/?articleid=10346
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Lind
rudkla - 19. Jan, 15:52
