Comment

Overnight Open Thread

874
Aceofwhat?3/09/2010 11:08:55 am PST

re: #868 drcordell

You did a pretty nice job of summarizing there. But you are off on just a few points. Of course I think that Israel needs to try and get rid of the small minority of Palestinians who wish to continue violence and hijack the peace process. The difference is, I believe that it is completely irrational to believe that this minority can ever be defeated by military force. Again, go ask the U.S. military how the counter-insurgency is going in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Pakistan. You can’t destroy a terrorist insurgency with military power.

as an aside, the US military agreeing that they were not prepared for the Iraq counterinsurgency and that they have not effectively beaten down the Iraq counterinsurgency are two different things.

You can destroy a terrorist insurgency with military power. It’s just not easy.