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Originally Posted by shek
The fact that the violence has subsided is not proof that the "surge" is working. It is too early to jump to such a conclusion. It is proof that the enemy is a thinking and adaptive enemy. They are sitting back and observing the changes in our operations to identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities. This is the same OPTEMPO pattern that shows itself when units change up during the RIP/TOA.
On a separate note, I second TheChosenOne's thoughts and wish your family members and friends the best and pray for their safe return.
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I thank you for your concern.
Now on a
far less friendly note...
In regard to your comment before the one above: I already countered most of it, and you're playing the liberal (whether or not you are liberal) game of trying to distract me with reiterating my previous arguments. That's what I hate about the Iraq argument in particular; it turn into a, "is not; is to" argument. I will, however, argue the inconclusive point of the parliamentary system. Let's look at it this way. That aside, say we put constitutional provisions in the Iraqi constitution protecting the minority; it wouldn't matter. Why? Because a parliamentary system puts a single party into power: i.e. the
majority party elects the associate executive that holds the most power, the Prime Minister. That Prime Minister is of the
majority party, and, being a member of parliament, he can stay there indefinitely as long as his party remains in the majority. Human corruption would far out weigh any safeguards in the system. Also, this is deeper, but it also invites universal loyalty to the majority party because a change in government causes chaos. In a nutshell, the parliamentary system is corrupt, and worse than other democratic/republican forms, but you can't attribute that corruption to a failure of the system. Now, back to the thread topic...
I didn't say that it proves the surge is working. Catch your breath: it may not work. Whether or not you want it to; you sound like you don't. I'm saying that evidence suggests that it
is working. But I didn't jump to a conclusion. I love the way you give those cowards, aka our enemy, any credit! It's appalling. You do this while contemplating, in a very skeptical manner, that the plan that would assure
our victory is failing? Why do you do that? They don't have much of a strategy, except for the losers trick: suicide bombings, and attacks. Anyway it is too early to tell, but so far it looks like the surge is working. Don't freak out; it might not.
Excuse an typos, and grammatical errors, please.