What are you even thinking of? What "insurgency" has ever existed that "needed to be defeated" via war? Let's hear your list.
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> On Behalf Of Luke Weiger
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] more on Fallujah
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> Let's suppose your the leader of Good Socialist State X and determine that
> an insurgency in some country (let's assume it's like Iraq in most every
> particular) needs to be defeated. What measures would you employ? War's
> awful. It's inexcusable when pointless, which appears to be the case in
> Iraq. That's the real problem.
>
> -- Luke
>
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> From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:48 PM
> Subject: [lbo-talk] more on Fallujah
>
>
> > A friend just sent a report from a friend who's just been in
> > Fallujah. Horrible stuff. Aside from the usual killing, the Marines
> > made a point of wrecking every house they searched, blowing holes in
> > every bare wall they could find, and leaving bloody footprints on the
> > floor of a mosque (where shoes aren't allowed) and shitting there.
> > It's not enough to kill people in great quantities, they want to
> > humiliate the survivors too.
> >
> > Doug
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