Flailing against Insurgents?
AP reporter, Jim Krane reports that U.S. forces in Iraq are
"flailing against a thicket of insurgent groups with competing aims and no supreme leader".When we hear how many Americans believe we are losing ground in Iraq, is there any wonder why? Reporters who claim such lofty ideals as objectivity and balance in their reporting continue to portray efforts of the U.S. as an unwanted agreessor while the so-called insurgents are heralded for their success and their objectives "we want every U.S. dog to leave the country". Krane calls the attacks of the Sunni terrorist "daring"
I'm not in Iraq, I'm not a reporter, but I know that blowing up Iraqi non-combatants and volunteers for government service, which is what the insurgents terrorist are doing, is not a noble action nor is it going to deter our drive to bring the remainder of the Iraqi's that which they seek. Liberty.
Krane notes that U.S. forces have no record of success in guerilla warfare:
"The U.S. military has few homegrown models for counterinsurgency success. Its last two major campaigns - in Somalia in 1993 and in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s - failed."What he doesn't note, is that both Somalia and Vietnam were political failures not indicative of the capabilities of the U.S. Military.
The forces in Iraq, American, allies and Iraqi have earned more respect than the AP gives them.
