tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post8008534019225942922..comments2024-03-24T20:34:23.967-06:00Comments on Family and Friends blog: Lawrence's Algebra of Asymetrical WarP M Prescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12973205373056561583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-2317399269724429792009-10-31T10:30:00.504-06:002009-10-31T10:30:00.504-06:00I'm glad it did.I'm glad it did.P M Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973205373056561583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-23204256470609191092009-10-30T20:36:32.045-06:002009-10-30T20:36:32.045-06:00An interesting post that gives me pause to conside...An interesting post that gives me pause to consider many things, PM.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539850495318868267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-47813085434987113922009-10-30T10:50:26.999-06:002009-10-30T10:50:26.999-06:00Yogi, Bush didn't take his eye off the ball, h...Yogi, Bush didn't take his eye off the ball, he intended on invading Iraq even before he was elected in 2000. 911 was just the excuse to do it.P M Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973205373056561583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-88375223623847368992009-10-30T10:47:59.761-06:002009-10-30T10:47:59.761-06:00K.L. Shepherd, You're there, I'm not. You ...K.L. Shepherd, You're there, I'm not. You obviously writing from an ivory tower. You are most likely right.<br />I agree that going into Afghanistan was the right response to the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and if it had been done right at the time our national purpose would have been achieved in creating a viable stable country. Bush wasted the opportunity and our resources for achieving it. In the end it still comes down to how many lives and money to we keep spending in both places.P M Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973205373056561583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-5705866782450397942009-10-30T05:40:25.529-06:002009-10-30T05:40:25.529-06:00I think you guys are both right (not that I have a...I think you guys are both right (not that I have any first hand knowledge at all.) I think Bush took his eye off the ball with his adventure in Iraq and we may never win (whatever win means) in Afghanistan.Yogi♪♪♪https://www.blogger.com/profile/00411274031147372579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-61484772746490613752009-10-30T02:26:02.914-06:002009-10-30T02:26:02.914-06:00Actually that is basic military doctrine for centu...Actually that is basic military doctrine for centuries before the Romans (see Sun-Tzu). Plus that math doesnt hold true for today (aircraft, helicopters). They have no real ability to stop our supply lines at all. They only steal the items that are independently sent by truck. I live and work in both Afghanistan and Iraq. I know, I have seen this first hand. Look I am as Liberal as they come on most things but is extremely hard to see the faces and hear the stories and wonder what is right or not. That is another question but this is in answer to your post, no in any sort of way does that sound like that. They have not pushed us out of anything, they control no supply lines at all. They have no real way to stop our supply line and they know it. Asymmetrical war only works on a symmetrical army. We fight asymmetrical so it makes the traditional tactic of supply line destruction as T.E. Lawrence outlines as a limited tactic at best. As I said, I live and work there. The real problem is that we were ever in Iraq wasting resources and giving time for them to establish supplies and allies and for that I will curse Bush until my dying day.K.L.Shepherdnoreply@blogger.com