Reply #4: The Old David & Goliath story [View All]

Or Gulliver & the Lilliputians. I believe that sheer military strength and perceived superiority carries with it an equal amount of vulnerability.

In the lead-up to the war with Iraq, the US was clearly seen as an unmatched world power. A small country with a Tin-Pot dictator which had been crippled by a decade of UN sanctions was no match for the US.

So why are we, 7 months later, unable to extinguish the resistance fighters once and for all? Why did we "win" the war but lose the battle?

I believe that a grossly unbalanced fight is dangerous for the superior party. It leads to feelings of invincibility. A sense of superiority and arrogance. Since when is an american 21-year old, whose idea of warfare is a Nintendo Game, a match against a hardened 35-year old muslim who is fighting for his life, his country & his beliefs. And who is willing to die for them?