[lbo-talk] Fwd: Liu on the war....

[joanna bujes]

>>Good article by HC Liu:
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>>Joanna
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>>The War That May End The Age Of Superpower
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>>      Guerilla resistance will not end even after the Iraqi government is 
>> toppled and its army destroyed. Drawing upon
>>      British experiences in Malaysia and Rhodesia, the force ratio of 
>> army forces to guerilla forces needed for merely
>>      containing guerilla resistance, let alone defeating a guerilla 
>> force, is about 20 to 1. US estimates of the size of Iraq's
>>      guerilla force stands at 100,000 for the time being. This means the 
>> US would need a force of 2 million to contain the
>>      situation even if it already controls the country.
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>>see http://162.42.211.226/article2596.htm for the rest.
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>>Joanna
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