>Finally, as for the indiscriminate violent nature of the insurgency,
>that's more a begged question than any serious analysis. Look at how
>indiscriminate the US has been in its bombings of Sadr City, Najaf,
>and Fallujah. The recent attack on the US military in Mosul wasn't
>indiscriminate; if it's war, that was a military target.
Yup, it's a legitimate military target. But what kind of argument is this? The U.S. does it too! The U.S. is fighting a barbaric war and isn't much of an ethical or political cover for anything.
Doug