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Originally Posted by Multicolor
There have to be other explanations.
I have some suggestions:
1. The insurgency could in fact be far better trained than what we have been told. Actually it probably is superior to the US troops regarding training in irregular warfare. Thus it could reflect a deficiency and obsolecency in US military training which has weakened the image of US military potency in the world.
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Interesting topic you raised.
Firstly, there is an explanation. There are many explanations for the way this war is going. The Iraqi Resistance is as Jason correctly mentioned, made up of Iraqis. Many of them joined the movement at the start of the invasion. However, the vast majority are Iraq's Army under Saddam Hussein, who are well trained, well experienced, know the terrain and the area, and at the end of the day,... the US Army came to Iraq, Iraqis did not go to America and attacked it... so US Soldiers are on Iraqi terf. And they dont have sufficient information on the area.
I have seen Iraqi Resistance videos in Arabic with English Subtitles, they have Media Departments, Planning Departments, research and espionage branch, they have very strong secret services. They were the strongest army in the middle east at one point, after Israel. They use conference facilities to plan their attacks, they have engineers, medical experts, weaponry experts, ... a full army has gone underground. With all this expertise, you dont need sophisticated weapons. An IED can blow up a humvee into bits. Helicopters are downed, and tanks are damaged. So all this is enough to provide strong resistance.
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2. One explanation to the relatively low casualties sustained by the insurgency might be that the US troops and their allies are reluctant to pursue the insurgents once these have staged an attack or an ambush. In such wars, the majority of the regular army's losses is sustained during surprise ambushes by the guerillas, while the guerillas suffer far heavier casualties during the regular army's subsequent pursuit of the force which has staged the attack. But maybe the US troops and their allies are reluctant to pursue the insurgency once they have come under attack. Has the insurgency managed to insert fear among the US troops and their allies to the point that they generally confine themselves to a defensive posture?
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Dont forget that the US Army is made up of young unexperienced soldiers... majority of them are promised nationality and other goodies once the war finishes... many of them are hispanics and guys with playstation experience who are just going to war for the money. You see them on their videos, very young maybe 18 19, and enjoy shooting as if its a playstation game.
By the way, my brother is an expert player of a very famous PC Army game... and 100 of the most experienced players have been contacted by the US Army, they looked at their player ratings and scores and decided they will give them ago. Well, I am sure with the money they will offer them, those young guys will accept.
Finally, dont forget that the US is fighting an unjust and immoral war. This is fact. The legality of this war will always come up. When you start an illegal war, you are already heading towards failure. Iraqis fight with their heart, for what? For their country, their freedom, they see this as an invasion and their resources are stolen from under their feet... so they fight with passion. Whats an average American soldier fighting for? For his country's freedom? His country is not threatened and is not under attack. So for what? for the money? For a greencard? If soldiers are not with it mentally, that will pave the road to failure.
Most of the soldiers on the ground did not do the killing... they do the odd fone call to the guy in the jetfighter to drop a bomb... thats all.... very rarely they engaged in a proper battle. And when they do, it usually ends with ariel bombardment, and everyone innocent or otherwise is wiped. So there is that lack of care for innocent lives, this is what also results in failure and more recruitment for the Iraqi Resistance. Every man who lost a brother, a wife, a mother, etc... will definately consider joining the resistance movement.
Oh and when frustration level rises amonst US Soldiers and those young guys seek vengence, or get emotional and unable to reason due to loss of a friend or watever, this will result in mental and psychological problems, emotional problems. Alot of army bloggers speak about this issue.
WS.