tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24622549.post116476805535875440..comments2023-10-19T06:59:20.135-07:00Comments on Kishkushim خربطات קישקושים: Failed Province: Marines Lose Hope in AnbarAmoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03465114506715277544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24622549.post-1164790848052771282006-11-29T01:00:00.000-08:002006-11-29T01:00:00.000-08:00What do you think, professor? I am really not sure...What do you think, professor? I am really not sure. I think it would have required a huge occupation force to forestall the insurgency in places like Anbar - too large to render the task possible. It would also have required some kind of post-war plan on the part of the White House, but that's another story. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if there was ever a partner on the ground with whom the US could have worked in Anbar. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it seems almost inevitable that with Saddam gone, the Shi'a would seek to undo the decades of discrimination they suffered, to eliminate the privileges accorded to Sunni, and to hunt down former Baathists who persecuted Shi'a. This constellation would have brought predominantly Sunni provinces like Anbar into conflict with the new, Shi'a-dominated central government sooner or later.Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465114506715277544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24622549.post-1164785042756280812006-11-28T23:24:00.000-08:002006-11-28T23:24:00.000-08:00Ziemlich deprimierend. Would more troops from the...Ziemlich deprimierend. Would more troops from the outset have mattered?<BR/><BR/>If not: it would be good to make that point irrefutably clear.<BR/><BR/>JCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com