U. S. Forces Can Never Defeat The Terrorists In Iraq - because they
have an infinite supply of replacements,and we do not.

By Rev. Bill McGinnis, Director - LoveAllPeople.org

September 2, 2006

HTML page at http://loveallpeople.org/usforcescanneverdefeat.html

In his latest revised collection of talking points, President Bush
said, "We will not allow the terrorists to dictate the future of this
century -- so we will defeat them in Iraq."
- Source:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060831-1.html

But in this very same speech, he declares: "The war we fight today is
more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle
of the 21st century. (Applause.) On one side are those who believe in
the values of freedom and moderation -- the right of all people to
speak, and worship, and live in liberty. And on the other side are
those driven by the values of tyranny and extremism -- the right of a
self-appointed few to impose their fanatical views on all the rest."

So then we have two things going on at the same time, according to
Bush: a military conflict whose focus is now in Iraq, and the decisive
ideological struggle of the 21st century.

That's a very sad situation for us, under the bumbling delusional
leadership of Bush and the Neo-Conservatives, because: 1) U. S. forces
can never win the military conflict in Iraq; and 2) Bush doesn't have a
clue about how to win the ideological conflict. In fact, he doesn't
even understand the ideological conflict. It is far more complicated
than his simple-minded cartoon picture of a struggle between "freedom"
and "tyranny." Even worse, Bush seems to think that if we kill all the
terrorists in the military conflict, we will have won the ideological
conflict. This ignores the obvious reality that our attempts to kill
all the terrorists are in fact also killing and wounding thousands of
innocent non-terrorists, and pushing untold millions of peaceful
Muslims around the world into a desperate, wild-eyed hatred of the
United States.

So where do we start? How do we begin to get ourselves out of this
self-inflicted disaster in Iraq? For me, the best place to start is to
recognize that U. S. forces can never defeat "the terrorists" in Iraq.
This is not defeatism, as the Bush people think; it is reality, which
they do not understand. And since we can never defeat the terrorists in
Iraq, we should pull out immediately, the sooner the better. The longer
we stay in Iraq, the worse things will be for us and for the Iraqis,
because our continued presence continues to create new terrorist
recruits throughout the Muslim world.

But why not? Why can't we defeat the terrorists in Iraq? Don't we have
the most wonderful military in the world? With the most expensive,
sexiest, high-tech equipment? And the finest medical care, which can
prolong the life of destroyed bodies for years and years? And the
bravest, strongest, best men and women fighters? And the most beautiful
flag, displayed backwards on the right sleeve of our redesigned,
functional-yet-beautiful uniforms? Why can't we defeat the terrorists
in Iraq?

Because they have an infinite supply of replacements, and we do not:
that is the basic reason. And the longer we remain in Iraq as an
occupying army, the more recruits they will gain, from the millions of
newly-enraged Muslims around the world.

Let's do the math. There are something like 1.6 billion Muslims in the
world. (Source: http://www.islamicpopulation.com/ ) Let's suppose half
of them are of fighting age, and half of those are men. That gives 400
million Muslim men of fighting age, world-wide. Now suppose only one
percent of them are highly motivated, willing and able to fight against
us in Iraq. That is a manpower pool of four million potential terrorist
recruits for Iraq. If there are between five thousand and ten thousand
hard-core terrorists in Iraq at any time (nobody really knows), then
four million potential recruits are more than enough to keep them
well-supplied forever, given normal birth rates. Meanwhile, we are
reaching the bottom of the barrel of potential recruits in the USA, and
having to pay out huge bonuses to disadvantaged people to induce them
to volunteer.

Therefore, we cannot possibly win the military conflict in Iraq. We
never will be able to "defeat the terrorists in Iraq," because they
have an infinite supply of replacements, and we do not. (This is
essentially the same problem we had in Viet Nam.) So President Bush's
belief that we can defeat them is delusional nonsense.

Blessings to you. May God help us all.


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http://www.LoveAllPeople.org

U. S. Forces Can Never Defeat The Terrorists In Iraq - because they
have an infinite supply of replacements,and we do not.

By Rev. Bill McGinnis, Director - LoveAllPeople.org

September 2, 2006

HTML page at http://loveallpeople.org/usforcescanneverdefeat.html

In his latest revised collection of talking points, President Bush
said, "We will not allow the terrorists to dictate the future of this
century -- so we will defeat them in Iraq."
- Source:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060831-1.html

But in this very same speech, he declares: "The war we fight today is
more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle
of the 21st century. (Applause.) On one side are those who believe in
the values of freedom and moderation -- the right of all people to
speak, and worship, and live in liberty. And on the other side are
those driven by the values of tyranny and extremism -- the right of a
self-appointed few to impose their fanatical views on all the rest."

So then we have two things going on at the same time, according to
Bush: a military conflict whose focus is now in Iraq, and the decisive
ideological struggle of the 21st century.

That's a very sad situation for us, under the bumbling delusional
leadership of Bush and the Neo-Conservatives, because: 1) U. S. forces
can never win the military conflict in Iraq; and 2) Bush doesn't have a
clue about how to win the ideological conflict. In fact, he doesn't
even understand the ideological conflict. It is far more complicated
than his simple-minded cartoon picture of a struggle between "freedom"
and "tyranny." Even worse, Bush seems to think that if we kill all the
terrorists in the military conflict, we will have won the ideological
conflict. This ignores the obvious reality that our attempts to kill
all the terrorists are in fact also killing and wounding thousands of
innocent non-terrorists, and pushing untold millions of peaceful
Muslims around the world into a desperate, wild-eyed hatred of the
United States.

So where do we start? How do we begin to get ourselves out of this
self-inflicted disaster in Iraq? For me, the best place to start is to
recognize that U. S. forces can never defeat "the terrorists" in Iraq.
This is not defeatism, as the Bush people think; it is reality, which
they do not understand. And since we can never defeat the terrorists in
Iraq, we should pull out immediately, the sooner the better. The longer
we stay in Iraq, the worse things will be for us and for the Iraqis,
because our continued presence continues to create new terrorist
recruits throughout the Muslim world.

But why not? Why can't we defeat the terrorists in Iraq? Don't we have
the most wonderful military in the world? With the most expensive,
sexiest, high-tech equipment? And the finest medical care, which can
prolong the life of destroyed bodies for years and years? And the
bravest, strongest, best men and women fighters? And the most beautiful
flag, displayed backwards on the right sleeve of our redesigned,
functional-yet-beautiful uniforms? Why can't we defeat the terrorists
in Iraq?

Because they have an infinite supply of replacements, and we do not:
that is the basic reason. And the longer we remain in Iraq as an
occupying army, the more recruits they will gain, from the millions of
newly-enraged Muslims around the world.

Let's do the math. There are something like 1.6 billion Muslims in the
world. (Source: http://www.islamicpopulation.com/ ) Let's suppose half
of them are of fighting age, and half of those are men. That gives 400
million Muslim men of fighting age, world-wide. Now suppose only one
percent of them are highly motivated, willing and able to fight against
us in Iraq. That is a manpower pool of four million potential terrorist
recruits for Iraq. If there are between five thousand and ten thousand
hard-core terrorists in Iraq at any time (nobody really knows), then
four million potential recruits are more than enough to keep them
well-supplied forever, given normal birth rates. Meanwhile, we are
reaching the bottom of the barrel of potential recruits in the USA, and
having to pay out huge bonuses to disadvantaged people to induce them
to volunteer.

Therefore, we cannot possibly win the military conflict in Iraq. We
never will be able to "defeat the terrorists in Iraq," because they
have an infinite supply of replacements, and we do not. (This is
essentially the same problem we had in Viet Nam.) So President Bush's
belief that we can defeat them is delusional nonsense.

Blessings to you. May God help us all.


# # #


http://www.LoveAllPeople.org

U. S. Forces Can Never Defeat The Terrorists In Iraq - because they
have an infinite supply of replacements,and we do not.