Comments on: The Success in Al Anbar http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: What McCain, Obama and Clinton Need to Know About the Surge : NO QUARTER http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-129409 What McCain, Obama and Clinton Need to Know About the Surge : NO QUARTER Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:33:17 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-129409 [...] of Iraqi society.  Pat Lang, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and Middle East expert, produced a study in early 2006 that is the true source of the shift in tactics that has helped reduce the violence in Iraq.  [...] [...] of Iraqi society.  Pat Lang, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and Middle East expert, produced a study in early 2006 that is the true source of the shift in tactics that has helped reduce the violence in Iraq.  [...]

]]> By: wethornet http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-74383 wethornet Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:30:44 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-74383 lidia, help. pls. flesh out the "wind shaking barley" reference. movie, documentary, tv??? who is loach? i'm curious about this. thx. wethornet, whose grandmother was from ireland. lidia, help. pls. flesh out the “wind shaking barley” reference. movie, documentary, tv??? who is loach?

i’m curious about this. thx.

wethornet, whose grandmother was from ireland.

]]> By: Charles Cameron (hipbone) http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-73798 Charles Cameron (hipbone) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:16:20 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-73798 I suspect that Col. Lang's "How to Work with Tribesmen" corresponds to a great extent with the material in the book -- you can find it as a .pdf on his site <a HREF="http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/files/how_to_work_with_tribesmen.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a> I suspect that Col. Lang’s “How to Work with Tribesmen” corresponds to a great extent with the material in the book — you can find it as a .pdf on his site here

]]> By: ANNOUNCING a new novel by a writer we admire (+ Open Thread) : NO QUARTER http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-73682 ANNOUNCING a new novel by a writer we admire (+ Open Thread) : NO QUARTER Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:10:48 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-73682 [...] Iraq. One of these is Pat Lang. In today’s Washington Post, Walter Pincus reports: … (READ ALL of Larry’s post, “The Success in Al [...] [...] Iraq. One of these is Pat Lang. In today’s Washington Post, Walter Pincus reports: … (READ ALL of Larry’s post, “The Success in Al [...]

]]> By: bob h http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21710 bob h Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:27:02 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21710 That Al Qaeda would lose traction in places like Anbar is hardly surprising, because the Iraqis are secular Arabs to whom austere Wahabism is foreign. Which is the very point why the war was misguided to begin with. That Al Qaeda would lose traction in places like Anbar is hardly surprising, because the Iraqis are secular Arabs to whom austere Wahabism is foreign. Which is the very point why the war was misguided to begin with.

]]> By: lidia http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21173 lidia Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:24:41 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21173 exactly. I just have seen "Wind shaking barley" and was astonished how Brits in Irland were the same as in Iraq now (or as Zionists in Palestina) and the same is right about Irish people and Iraqis (or Palestinians). Of course Loach did this with a thought about modern times, but still he is quite accurate with historical facts. By the way, Brits were as well "persuading" Irish to support their rule. exactly. I just have seen “Wind shaking barley” and was astonished how Brits in Irland were the same as in Iraq now (or as Zionists in Palestina) and the same is right about Irish people and Iraqis (or Palestinians). Of course Loach did this with a thought about modern times, but still he is quite accurate with historical facts. By the way, Brits were as well “persuading” Irish to support their rule.

]]> By: katyfitz http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21170 katyfitz Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:20:57 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21170 Would very much like to read this report/book. Seems as though it would be helpful to all of us. Would very much like to read this report/book. Seems as though it would be helpful to all of us.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21165 Leslie Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:58:46 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21165 The Bushies: Always an hour late and a dollar short, assuming they listen at all. At least someone is listening though! The Bushies: Always an hour late and a dollar short, assuming they listen at all.

At least someone is listening though!

]]> By: Rob http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21149 Rob Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:13:24 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21149 PSS:......eh... DoH! Iran Prepared to Fill Iraq Power Vacuum Aug 28 10:07 AM US/Eastern By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Tuesday that a power vacuum is imminent in Iraq and said that Iran was ready to help fill the gap. "The political power of the occupiers is collapsing rapidly," Ahmadinejad said at a press conference in Tehran, referring to U.S. troops in Iraq. "Soon, we will see a huge power vacuum in the region. Of course, we are prepared to fill the gap, with the help of neighbors and regional friends like Saudi Arabia, and with the help of the Iraqi nation." Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. PSS:……eh… DoH!

Iran Prepared to Fill Iraq Power Vacuum
Aug 28 10:07 AM US/Eastern
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Tuesday that a power vacuum is imminent in Iraq and said that Iran was ready to help fill the gap.

“The political power of the occupiers is collapsing rapidly,” Ahmadinejad said at a press conference in Tehran, referring to U.S. troops in Iraq. “Soon, we will see a huge power vacuum in the region. Of course, we are prepared to fill the gap, with the help of neighbors and regional friends like Saudi Arabia, and with the help of the Iraqi nation.”

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

]]> By: Rob http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21148 Rob Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:10:12 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21148 PS: Why has this unclassed study not been released to the public yet? PS:

Why has this unclassed study not been released to the public yet?

]]> By: Rob http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21146 Rob Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21146 eh... love the new style blog hate the way it appears when one of you 'formats paragraphs as quotes", the print come onto my lap very light and difficult to read. Can you brighten this just a little...please? By the way, unfortunately its too late in the Iraq game even for the experts....just too late... eh… love the new style blog hate the way it appears when one of you ‘formats paragraphs as quotes”, the print come onto my lap very light and difficult to read. Can you brighten this just a little…please?

By the way, unfortunately its too late in the Iraq game even for the experts….just too late…

]]> By: mudkitty http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21137 mudkitty Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:39:15 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21137 What makes you think we don't know this? What makes you think we don’t know this?

]]> By: Shirin http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21091 Shirin Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:39:44 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21091 PS It's nice to have all that academic information, I suppose, but simply understanding that Iraqis are, at the core of things, simply human beings who, like all other human beings dislike being bombed, having their houses broken into at 3 A.M. by heavily armed strangers who drag them out of bed, manhandle them, and trash their houses, having their loved ones killed, or hauled away and tortured, and in general being treated like crap, would have been a lot simpler and faster. It's just amazing how people all over the world are more alike than they are different. PS It’s nice to have all that academic information, I suppose, but simply understanding that Iraqis are, at the core of things, simply human beings who, like all other human beings dislike being bombed, having their houses broken into at 3 A.M. by heavily armed strangers who drag them out of bed, manhandle them, and trash their houses, having their loved ones killed, or hauled away and tortured, and in general being treated like crap, would have been a lot simpler and faster.

It’s just amazing how people all over the world are more alike than they are different.

]]> By: Shirin http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21086 Shirin Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:26:09 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21086 Not to put a wet blanket on things, but insurgents (sic) in Al Anbar and other parts of Iraq have been fighting them to one degree or another for years, simply because they don't like them coming in and trying to impose their will any more than they like the Americans doing it. Not to put a wet blanket on things, but insurgents (sic) in Al Anbar and other parts of Iraq have been fighting them to one degree or another for years, simply because they don’t like them coming in and trying to impose their will any more than they like the Americans doing it.

]]> By: No Blood for Hubris http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21071 No Blood for Hubris Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:51:22 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21071 Well, well. Someone's actually <em>listening </em>to the elitist eggheads? That could be the start of a slide down a slippery slope. There was a time in America where expertise and intelligence were qualities that were celebrated , rather than ridiculed. (Nostalgic sigh). Too bad we've had so many stupids at the helm for so very long. Well, well. Someone’s actually listening to the elitist eggheads?

That could be the start of a slide down a slippery slope.

There was a time in America where expertise and intelligence were qualities that were celebrated , rather than ridiculed. (Nostalgic sigh).

Too bad we’ve had so many stupids at the helm for so very long.

]]> By: SusanUnPC http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21036 SusanUnPC Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:03:41 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21036 I'm proud of Pat, and so pleased that they took advantage of his great expertise and pragmatic view of the world. Thanks for letting us know, Larry. I’m proud of Pat, and so pleased that they took advantage of his great expertise and pragmatic view of the world.

Thanks for letting us know, Larry.

]]> By: zennurse http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21033 zennurse Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:54:34 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/08/28/the-success-in-al-anbar/#comment-21033 Thanks for this Larry, and thanks to Pat and his colleagues. As I see Valerie Wilson's book avail for preorder, I wonder what she would be contributing now to a discussion of the middle east, assuming it would have been a different issue without the war but one we would still need to address. Such a loss. Thanks for this Larry, and thanks to Pat and his colleagues. As I see Valerie Wilson’s book avail for preorder, I wonder what she would be contributing now to a discussion of the middle east, assuming it would have been a different issue without the war but one we would still need to address. Such a loss.

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