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Originally posted by Shaun 84 Targa
Which displays greater lack of resolve and aids AQ the most:
1l. only 150K troops doing the work of 300K
2. protesters
3. politicians opposing the war
4. Iraqi government failing to get anything done
5. no troops guarding Iranian and Syrian borders allowing trained terrorists and munitions to freely enter Iraq on a continual basis
Why have the Taliban and AQ been so effective in Afghanistan?
Does the average terrorist watch a lot of American media? most of iraq has 3 hours of electricity per day.
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#3, as it gives them a light at the end of the tunnel. "We only have to hold on until April 2008 and then we will win by default."
Oh wait, that was a rhetorical question. 1, 4 and 5 are also all pretty big, but those are more operational details than anything to do with resolve.
Not all of them watch a lot of American media, just the marketing/media arm. They put up video of protestors, or Harry Reid saying we have already lost, and it is of immeasurable value to them.