More William S. Lind

A follow-up to his previous article (linked to below) regarding Fourth Generation Conflict.

Short version: it may be too late, but if there's any chance for the occupation to succeed, the Marines taking over from the 82nd Airborne will have to de-escalate the military component of the occupation--to the point of accepting some casualities without retaliation--but if that doesn't work, the only thing left is to punt the problem back to the politicians. In other words, this is the last chance. It ain't just 4th and 26--it's 4th and a mile, and while we're in the opposing team's territory, this isn't American Rules football.

Oh--slightly off topic, but here's a link to a website that further links to the Army War College report on terrorism and the Iraq war--the conclusion by the College is that the war was "unnecessary." The report itself is a .pdf file--be warned--although the link above goes to a standard html site.