> US imperialists clearly underestimated the capacity for resistance,
> and willingness to resist, on the part of Iraqis and other Muslims....
> US imperialists ignored the counsel of French
> statesmen, who were speaking from experience:
>
> . . . Mr. Sarkozy has long defended France's decision
> to stay out of the war, citing the bitter lessons of his
> country's tortured history in Algeria and Vietnam.
I guess that's my question. If the French could figure it out, why couldn't our guys? What made the difference?