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I had the TV on while doing chores around the house when I caught snippets of a report from Iraq. The reporter, who had a British accent, was making the point that the whole concept of a military victory in Iraq is just not in the cards and never has been. Some of us said this before the invasion, and John Murtha has come around to saying it, but I think the point just goes over most people's heads. This reporter, though, seemed to be stating it more clearly than others. He noted, for example, that the insurgents had studied the American debacle in Vietnam and concluded that they did not have to defeat us militarily; they just had to wait us out. He also talked about how "victory" in Iraq would have to be won diplomatically and how military action actually works against our goals, not for them. As I said, I only caught snippets of it, and I haven't seen it repeated. If anyone else caught it and knows more about it than I do, perhaps you could give a more complete report to the group.
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