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Feb-11-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Donald Sensing takes a look at recent events in Iraq and draws some interesting conclusions about the continuing insurgency. Excerpt:

On the matter of national will, Zarqawi's letter seems clearly to indicate that al Qaeda's leadership is recognizing they cannot outlast us.

Neither can they overpower us. The core purpose of military operations is to compel, not persuade, your enemy to conform to your will. Through attrition, maneuver of forces, political processes, psyops and civil affairs, al Qaeda is discovering it is being checked at almost every turn, starting with the fact that 70 percent of its leaders known to America are dead or captured. Their first team is pretty much off the field and the benchers trying to carry on aren't up to the job. They don't have the personal renown of the terrorists who have been killed or captured, and among the societies they most need assistance from, personal reputation is extremely important. But they are virtual unknowns for the most part.

Let's hope he's right.


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