From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.11.05.06.04.05.427090{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 23:21:47 -0600, Robert G Lewis wrote:
>
>>
>> "Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
>> news:pan.2004.11.04.04.25.27.237350{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
>>> On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:52:25 -0600, John Cuccia wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:51:14 -0800, jeff

>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> As long as we maintain the mindset that there can
be decisive battles
>>>>>> in guerrilla wars we are doomed to failure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>A decisive battle in a guerrilla war is one that
deprives them of a
>>>>>safe haven.
>>>>
>>>> Yep, good point that worked really well in Vietnam, as it's working
>>>> today in Palestine.
>>>
>>> We weren't allowed to take out the safe havens in Vietnam (N. Vietnam,
>>> China, USSR), and I wouldn't consider it to be like Palestine as much as
>>> a bit further north - Israel hasn't had all that many problems from
>>> Lebanon since they cleaned their clocks, have they?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I guess we could invite Syria into Iraq couldn't we.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>
> The 3rd ACR would have a problem with that. As it is, the Iranians didn't
> bother waiting for their invitation... which hopefully won't be as bad a
> problem as Cambodia/Laos was.
> Different terrain, better technology, better training (and the knowledge
> of what was done before).
>
 Yes but Syria did a good job in securing Lebanon and keeping the PLO from
attacking Israel. More so imo than the Israeli invasion.

Bob Lewis

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