tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13090306.post113585320486480435..comments2023-10-02T06:13:32.418-05:00Comments on Moline Democratic Maverick: "Experts" agree that the killing must continueDave Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289405215433867162noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13090306.post-1137949628395971992006-01-22T11:07:00.000-06:002006-01-22T11:07:00.000-06:00Seymour Hersh was among the first to point out tha...Seymour Hersh was among the first to point out that the Pentagon's recent efforts to minimize the exposure of US soldiers to danger in Iraq have involved increasing reliance on using jets to bomb insurgents, suspected insurgents, and suspected hideouts of insurgents <A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1128-04.htm" REL="nofollow"><BR/>from the air</A>, a strategy that was also tried in Vietnam. This strategy not only greatly increases the number of ordinary civilians who are killed in anti-insurgent operations, but it also reveals, as <A HREF="http://lefti.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">left i on the news</A> has pointed out, that the Pentagon's purported strategy to defeat the insurgency by turning the fight over to Iraqi forces is a <A HREF="http://lefti.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_lefti_archive.html#111591991508508366" REL="nofollow"> sham</A>. Left i elaborates <A HREF="http://lefti.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_lefti_archive.html#111620122533742460" REL="nofollow"> here </A> and further spells out the consequences of this strategy <A HREF="http://lefti.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_lefti_archive.html#113077361956225305" REL="nofollow"> here</A> and elsewhere throughout his blog.<BR/><BR/>The most informative and devastating analysis I've recently read on this turn the war has taken is by the sociologist Michael Schwartz. The article is available in various places on the web, including <A HREF="http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=48180" REL="nofollow"><BR/>here</A>, where you can also read Tom Engelhardt's always-incisive commentary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com