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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] [QUOTE] "...while taking extreme measures to prevent civillian casualties..." I'd hardly say "extreme measures". "Token gestures", maybe. Sometimes "a complete lack of any attempt". But not "extreme measures". [/QUOTE]This is grossly unfair, not to mention inaccurate. Given the nature of the fighting in Iraq, civilian casualties caused by coalition forces have been remarkably low. This is particularly true when you consider the destructive potential of modern weapons when used indiscriminately. The primary problem in Iraq has always been a lack of troops to secure the country; this was the result of false assumptions about the extent of opposition as well as a desire on the American part to do it quickly and cheaply. The troops used were more than adequate to defeat the Iraqi army and take over the country in one of the most efficiently conducted campaigns in modern warfare. Post war, however, America assumed the situation would be such that troop levels could be maintained for a while then drawn down. This was wholly unrealistic. Remember, it took around 400,000 Commonwealth soldiers and policemen to put down around 45,000 communists in Malaya. And that took 12 years, with a broadly sympathetic population and a reliable local source of trained manpower. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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