"For every one that I kill, I create almost 10 more."

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/NATION/605110326/1020

Is U.S. creating an insurgency?

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Some American troops in Iraq have been their "own worst enemy," unintentionally creating new insurgents by treating the Iraqi people in a heavy-handed or insensitive manner, according to the U.S. commander in charge of day-to-day military operations.

Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, in a weekend training session with troops and in an interview afterward, said he found a need to re-emphasize to soldiers that they use reasonable force and treat Iraqi culture with respect, in part because the insurgency has persisted and grown.

"We have to understand that the way we treat Iraqis has a direct effect on the number of insurgents that we are fighting," Chiarelli said after the seminar with about three dozen soldiers and Marines at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad. "For every one that I kill, I create almost 10 more."

What's not to get?

he sounds like he's talking about rats, not human beings. We are in their country and that Lt. Gen makes it sound like it's our own.

:(

I'd rec but unfortunately its been more than 24 hrs.

And just -now- commanders are realizing that heavyhanded tactics backfire?