[lbo-talk] Sadr's popularity

[Carl Remick]

>From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
>
>On Tue, 2 Apr 2004 Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Even 3,000 seriously pissed off people with weapons can cause a lot of
> > trouble. It seems nuts to dismiss them for their size
>
>Especially because their military component is not at all their biggest
>threat.  The US's worst nightmare is huge violent rock-throwing crowds.
>It has no military answer to that at all.

We have come a long way -- from Shock & Awe to aw, shucks.  But at the least 
the US has proved conclusively that it is impossible to liberate a people 
and wage war on them at the same time.

Carl

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