tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post111786660133651269..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: State of the Insurgency Part IV Operation Lightening EffectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1117993772416251472005-06-05T12:49:00.000-05:002005-06-05T12:49:00.000-05:00Hey KatNice post. The insurgent terrorists will l...Hey Kat<BR/><BR/>Nice post. The insurgent terrorists will lose because<BR/>1)we have decided that we're not going to cut and run. ie Kerry lost the election.<BR/>2) the insurgent terrorists have no ideology that attracts the people of Iraq.<BR/>3) they are targeting the people of Iraq, which is hardly going to win them over<BR/>4) The people of Iraq are slowly coming out of their Saddam-induced shell and are assisting us and their own forces by providing more and more tips and intel. <BR/>5) The Iraqi elections were successful (or successful enough) and now they have a government they can look to as being genuinly their own<BR/>6) the Sunnis seem to have recognized their mistake in boycotting the elections and are looking to correct that by participating (somewhat anyway) in the government.<BR/>7) more and more the insugency is made up of "foreigners" thus they are unable to recruit as many Iraqis as they need. Iraqis will kill foreigners much more readily than they will their own. <BR/>8) The new Iraqi police and army forces are slowly but surely building up strength. What is truely inspiring is how many Iraqis are volunteering for these units despite their high casualty rate. This cannot simply be explained by economics; people joining just to get a job etc. <BR/><BR/>Tom<BR/>http://www.theredhunter.com/<BR/><EM>(note the new URL, I've moved!)</EM>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com