The paradox of war is that it has always been both glorious and terrible. What we had with air power in the first Gulf War and in Kosovo was the glory without seeing the horror. What we have now with the insurgency is the horror without the glory.
The paradox of war is that it has always been both glorious and terrible. What we had with air power in the first Gulf War and in Kosovo was the glory without seeing the horror. What we have now with the insurgency is the horror without the glory.
Part of winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people is some tangible improvement in their quality of life. An essential way of doing that is increasing petroleum production and using some of that money to get the electricity on. In both cases, they seem to be doing just enough to keep things from getting worse. They do not seem to have a plan for victory on this front. They seem to have a plan for stalemate.
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