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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary  Exactly, while our military is far superior, our aura such as that developed in the first gulf war was our greatest weapon, now people will just realize that if they force us to occupy unfriendly territory we cannot handle it. |
That's why we need a president with enough brains to keep us out of a lose/lose situation.
We COULD handle it and wipe out these insurgents in a relatively short time. However, it would be at the cost of about half the civilian population of Iraq.
The only other option, short of not invading Iraq in the first place, is to do what we have been doing, hence the lose/lose.
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I would never engage our conventional units except under the utmost neccesity, and even then, I would pick battles we can crush someone in and be free from the responsibilities of occupier, to enhance the "aura"
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As more people realize non-uniformed combatants are the best way to oppose our military, those options are few and far between and will become scarcer as time goes on.