"He sees that the "galaxy" of insurgent groups; Sunni and Shia secular Iraqi nationalist, Arab tribals, Baathis, specifically Iraqi jihadis, AQ in Iraq takfiris, etc, are a melange that have little in common other than a deep desire to avoid the long term control of Iraq by some coalition of Iranian oriented Shia parties and militias. Having seen that, he sees the utility of using the less "offensive" groups against the more "offensive" ones. This is wisdom. He will have a hard time doing that in the context of the simplistic simpletons in power and the masses of people whom they taught to bray "Bad! Bad!" every time they hear the word, Baath.I wish him luck. I really do."
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Lang on Petraeus: "... he sees the utility of using the less "offensive" groups against the more "offensive" ones"
"He sees that the "galaxy" of insurgent groups; Sunni and Shia secular Iraqi nationalist, Arab tribals, Baathis, specifically Iraqi jihadis, AQ in Iraq takfiris, etc, are a melange that have little in common other than a deep desire to avoid the long term control of Iraq by some coalition of Iranian oriented Shia parties and militias. Having seen that, he sees the utility of using the less "offensive" groups against the more "offensive" ones. This is wisdom. He will have a hard time doing that in the context of the simplistic simpletons in power and the masses of people whom they taught to bray "Bad! Bad!" every time they hear the word, Baath.I wish him luck. I really do."
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