Re: USA develops space-based weapons

"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rand Simberg wrote:
Yes, and it will continue right up to the election, since much of the
purpose of the mayhem is to influence it. You ignore what their
losses are. They can't continue at that rate of attrition
indefinitely. This is their Tet.

Hogwash. The U.S. isn't making a dent against the insurgency.
Perhaps several thousands lost versus millions of available
combatants.

http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/delta4.html

"Reliable figures for insurgent casualities are not available. The
Pentagon stopped supplying figures for what it called "non-compliant
Iraqi forces" in mid-summer 2003."

Would you like to try that URL again? It doesn't say anything like what
you just quoted.

Re: Tet. Vietnam lost millions over the years, but won the war.

They "won", but not because we lost. It was because we quit. We could
do the same thing in Iraq, but it would definitely not be a military
loss.
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: USA develops space-based weapons
    ... Pentagon stopped supplying figures for what it called "non-compliant ... but not because we lost. ... It was because we quit. ... Robert McNamara, ...
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  • Re: USA develops space-based weapons
    ... Pentagon stopped supplying figures for what it called "non-compliant ... but not because we lost. ... It was because we quit. ... Oh, so it's okay to start a war and then quit and not lose, right? ...
    (sci.space.policy)