tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post3121925021574911421..comments2023-12-27T22:36:01.407-06:00Comments on Anna's Clue Tank: A Long Bloody WarAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-52994871984072755722008-04-07T06:12:00.000-05:002008-04-07T06:12:00.000-05:00I will give that article a read, always a very goo...I will give that article a read, always a very good thing to have multiple sources.<BR/><BR/>Of course Colombia is evil, they are allied with the US. Plus I read how unions gave Democrats a long harangue on the perils leftist/union agitators face in Colombia. And it seems even as their numbers shrink, unions still hold alot of clout to Democrats wanting to be elected.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-46519950877140492592008-04-06T11:11:00.000-05:002008-04-06T11:11:00.000-05:00FARC is counting on Obama being elected as they th...FARC is counting on Obama being elected as they think he will pull the plug on US support for Colombia.<BR/><BR/>And that might very well happen. <BR/><BR/>That would be a huge setback for the entire region which is struggling with radical communists but Obama apparently sees only the "evil" being perpetrated by the Colombian defenders of freedom.<BR/><BR/>Jimmy Carter II !<BR/><BR/>P.S. Good piece by Jack Kelly on Basra:<BR/><BR/>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/getting_the_score_right_in_bas.htmlMike's Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-25063185802627166902008-04-03T09:30:00.000-05:002008-04-03T09:30:00.000-05:00Thanks Joan, they are similar because insurgency h...Thanks Joan, they are similar because insurgency has to follow certain checkpoints to success. Quickest way to lose such a war fall into three categories: you run out of money and resort to robbery, you enrage the locals you are 'fighting' for, or the other side loses its nerve.<BR/><BR/>So far the idiots in Iraq have managed to follow Category Two very nicely with their terror, kidnappings, and murder sprees. While the FARC does kidnappings and drug running for money or Category One. Real revolutionaires they turned into.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-37794283922797639632008-04-01T22:11:00.000-05:002008-04-01T22:11:00.000-05:00very apt comparison between farc and Iraq insurgen...very apt comparison between farc and Iraq insurgencyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-12522005863914719322008-03-30T22:14:00.000-05:002008-03-30T22:14:00.000-05:00I saw the NYT this morning run an article at first...I saw the NYT this morning run an article at first showing how al-Sadr's Mahdi Army was losing its ground over the years but at the end they had to try and paint him as a victim, this time of al-Maliki.<BR/><BR/>And guess what, al-Sadr has called off his war - again. I guess the Iraqi offensive was about to make him room temp which trumped any media wins since al-Sadr likes to keep breathing.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-23921491411713092972008-03-29T19:40:00.000-05:002008-03-29T19:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for the mention.General Petraeus is due to ...Thanks for the mention.<BR/><BR/><I>General Petraeus is due to report back to the Congress soon on how things are progressing in Iraq. So the killers in Basra and elsewhere are trying to make the Surge a failure just before this report, to negate the validity of the strategy.</I><BR/><BR/>I think our enemies pay very close attention to how their actions affect public opinion back in the States. They know this war is unpopular and are counting upon war-weariness to beset American politicians and the American public to pressure the U.S. into "giving up".The WordSmith from Nantuckethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937868119894243815noreply@blogger.com