I betcha the main changed variable is that Iran has told the Shia to stand down. Not that I have any evidence for this.
--- On Tue, 5/12/09, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Friedman: The Strategic Debate Over Afghanistan
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 12:56 AM
>
> On Mon, 11 May 2009, SA wrote:
>
> >> We bribed them from the beginning. But
> before this point they took the bucks and then shot at us
> anyway.
> >
> > I'd never heard that before. Where'd you get that?
>
> Really? You never heard about people joining the
> Iraqi guard by day and being part of the insurgency by
> night? It was notorious in the early years. Plus
> it was why they knew could get around every security
> precaution.
>
> Michael
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