Longer War is Likely Says U.S. General - talk.politics.misc

Message from discussion Longer War is Likely Says U.S. General

Arne Langsetmo

More options Mar 30 2003, 9:17 pm

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From: z...@ix.netcom.com (Arne Langsetmo)

Date: 30 Mar 2003 18:17:41 -0800

Local: Sun, Mar 30 2003 9:17 pm

Subject: Re: Longer War is Likely Says U.S. General

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SemiScholar <semischo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message <news:8bve8v89ua3v1vf2ageutt614jvkrn294h@4ax.com>...
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:39:58 -0500, BlackWater <b...@barrk.net> wrote:

> >b...@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:

> >>In article <k6k98v0mf8sfhdqij614omiacf8l1sa...@4ax.com>,
> >>BlackWater <b...@barrk.net> wrote:
> >>>"Gandalf Grey" <gandalfg...@infectedmail.com> wrote:

> >>>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,924497,00.html

> >>>>Longer war is likely, says US general

> >>> So what ? WW-2 lasted four years, Korea three and
> >>> Vietnam lasted about a decade. Whether THIS war
> >>> takes one month or two - it's STILL gonna be one
> >>> of our shortest wars ever.

> >>This is year 13. We've had forces there since 1990.

> > Yea, but not enough to count. If you want to get
> > really technical, the Korean was is still going
> > on as well.

I'm going to make an educated guess and say that my prediction
is that more, and probably _many_ more, soldiers will be killed
in the occupation than are killed in the initial war.

Cheers,

-- Arne Langsetmo

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