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From: Memnoch
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:13

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On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:44:01 +0100, Lemming <l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> wrote:
>
>>In article <69bd8v458mvtbt77q...@4ax.com>, 
>>l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
>>> comstar <com...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Bret Ripley wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> In article <b5vjto$6ru$1...@slb9.atl.mindspring.net>, un...@mindspring.com
>>> >> says...
>>> >> > how soon?
>>> >>
>>> >> <MarathonManMode>
>>> >>
>>> >> Soon.  Very soon.  So soon you wouldn't believe it.
>>> >>
>>> >> *BZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE*
>>> >>
>>> >> No, not soon.  Not soon at all.
>>> >
>>> >    I saw that same line used at the latest colation briefing in Quatar
>>> >about the war in Iraq.
>>> >
>>> >I take it to mean you havn't got a clue either. Pity.
>>> 
>>> Hey, be fair.  They didn't "wargame" the "enemy" fighting back.
>>
>>Maybe they blew their whole budget on marketing?
>
>I just want to know how they hope to win the "hearts and minds" of the
>"enemy" when they can't even win the "hearts and minds" of their own
>"electorate".

Not only that but slaughtering the very people you are trying to win over
doesn't help. And slaughtering the people you arre slaughtering those people
with as well. If I was a Brit squadie and was told to get on an American
chopper now I'd tell 'em I'd walk to Basra!

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