The War Nerd discusses the IED situation in Iraq.
I previously discussed the rise in IED attacks here.
Gary Brecher also points out something that I have been concerned about and have been talking about for a while, and that he has also brought up previously:
"The only effective CI techniques are torture, reprisal and, ultimately, genocide.
"My guess is that genocide will come back one day. That was how the Ancients dealt with rebellious towns: wiped 'em out. One of these days some first-world country is going to get impatient and a problem child like the Sunni Triangle will be a big, radioactive ghost town.
"If we don't do it, the Kurds may end up doing it the old-fashioned way they learned from the Turks: one bullet, one village at a time."
Of course, this is not to say that this is as important as, or should detract from, all of the good news from Iraq, like this kid getting a soccer ball, but still.
That is all.
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