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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 234835" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>One of the problems in this mess is that people in our society don't understand the mindset of the Middle East culture. They consider brute force to be the way to decide anything, its been that way for thousands of years. If you go back to Old Testament days, it was total warfare. When a City was conquered, everything was destroyed. All men, women, children, and livestock were killed. The water wells were poisoned and the farmland was salted. Every block of stone was torn down in extreme cases. You just don't "negotiate" with some people, they consider it to be a weakness.</p><p></p><p>I was watching an interview with a former North Vietnamese General on the History Channel one day. What he said reminded me so much of the current situation. He said that man to man, battle to battle, they could never win in combat against the United States. Instead, they relied on the US to defeat itself. Because the war dragged on so long, the politicians got involved in running it. North Viet Nam relied on propaganda to turn the tide on the US. We fight among ourselves instead of concentrating on the task at hand. We can sit back today and gripe about how many mistakes have been made. But warfare is an ever changing day to day struggle. You have to learn how to adapt to changing situations. I think we need to get tough on the present Iraqi government. If they can't get it together, we need to start pulling troops out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 234835, member: 1674"] One of the problems in this mess is that people in our society don't understand the mindset of the Middle East culture. They consider brute force to be the way to decide anything, its been that way for thousands of years. If you go back to Old Testament days, it was total warfare. When a City was conquered, everything was destroyed. All men, women, children, and livestock were killed. The water wells were poisoned and the farmland was salted. Every block of stone was torn down in extreme cases. You just don't "negotiate" with some people, they consider it to be a weakness. I was watching an interview with a former North Vietnamese General on the History Channel one day. What he said reminded me so much of the current situation. He said that man to man, battle to battle, they could never win in combat against the United States. Instead, they relied on the US to defeat itself. Because the war dragged on so long, the politicians got involved in running it. North Viet Nam relied on propaganda to turn the tide on the US. We fight among ourselves instead of concentrating on the task at hand. We can sit back today and gripe about how many mistakes have been made. But warfare is an ever changing day to day struggle. You have to learn how to adapt to changing situations. I think we need to get tough on the present Iraqi government. If they can't get it together, we need to start pulling troops out. [/QUOTE]
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