Thursday, August 16, 2007

Ignored

The headlines are simply the usual. Once again, history is ignored.

"Shades of 2001? Afghan, U.S. Forces Pound Tora Bora

U.S. forces and Al Qaeda battle again on the Tora Bora mountain range."

…the difficult terrain has been used by tribal warriors fighting foreign invaders since ancestral times.”

If you study American history of the 1700’s, you will find that the British were outraged that the American rebels wouldn’t come out and fight like a ‘real’ army. They hid and shot from concealed positions. They ran away, only to ambush the British troops that followed. The Americans wouldn’t wear uniforms and would hide among the civilians. Does any of this sound familiar?

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