We Didn't Kill Enough Iraqis?

[Granite_State]

The scary thing is, Dunlap's basic thesis isn't just confined to an Air Force general, but has also been expressed in far wider political circles. Someone, I think it was John Podhoretz, made the same argument in National Review a year or two back, that the Sunni insurgency sprung up because they were never "conquered." I can maybe see the point if he's referring to troop levels and a sense of occupation, but there was a heavy implication that we simply hadn't killed enough.

[Abu Buckwheat]

The scary thing is, Dunlap's basic thesis isn't just confined to an Air Force general, but has also been expressed in far wider political circles. Someone, I think it was John Podhoretz, made the same argument in National Review a year or two back, that the Sunni insurgency sprung up because they were never "conquered." I can maybe see the point if he's referring to troop levels and a sense of occupation, but there was a heavy implication that we simply hadn't killed enough.

I am certain that Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff
Dan Halutz made the same argument last year ... how did that work out for them? No so good I recall.