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    I started writing that before you posted your...

    I started writing that before you posted your message. Sorry, I thought we were talking about interrogation in all the circumstance. I guess you were focusing on military ones. Pardon.
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    Allow me to explain a bit more: 1. I am not...

    Allow me to explain a bit more:

    1. I am not referring to prisoners taken on the battlefield or even people detained in the course of operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. I am NOT advocating giving...
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    Explanation

    Please pardon the length and possible excessive use of bold font :D



    Let's hope so.

    As for "harsh interrogation"... Maybe we should define our terms. I think waterboarding is torture -...
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    My worry is the long-term degredation

    in the effectiveness and capabilities of the services who use these techniques.

    This is not inevitable but it seems to happen fairly consistently with organizations that embrace the use of...
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    I don't see the contradiction. The reason they...

    I don't see the contradiction. The reason they thought they could win a battle under those conditions is because they underestimated their enemy.

    I'm not sure it can be chalked up to simple...
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    For all the inaccuracies of the review, I think...

    For all the inaccuracies of the review, I think that he is correct on this most important point - one that does need to be driven home before a new Myth is created about Iraq.

    There does still...
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    Poll: Why stop with a command?

    Why not create a service specifically for "Counter-Insurgencies" and generally mixed military-police roles (overseas ONLY of course)? Maybe something that is roughly to the army what the Coast...
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    This is also true of two people I know. They...

    This is also true of two people I know. They refuse to call themselves 'Iranian' - its always 'Persian'. Of course, both of them are children of those who fled the Mullahs. Im not sure how it is...
  9. Poll: I agree and it fills me with a mix of sadness and...

    I agree and it fills me with a mix of sadness and anger. How many people could still be alive if things had been done differently?

    *Disclaimer: please tell me if I get to 'political' with this*
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    Third, I've always found the assertion that insurgents often or normally win to be patently wrong because there are hundreds, probably thousands of insurgencies that were defeated at an early stage...
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    Thanks. I thought the MOI might have done it...

    Thanks.

    I thought the MOI might have done it because of their immediate promise to send their (mainly shiite) forces to "Help" the anbar sunnis fight Al Queda, but I guess they were just quick...
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    Are we SURE who killed Abu Risha

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    When I first heard that Abu Risha, the now famous Anbar shiek, was murdered I had a feeling it could very well have been done by elements of the Central Gov't who wanted to...
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