"Drawn-out War" US invasion of Iraq & the German invasion of Yugoslavia

[G_j]

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/occupation/2003/0406yugo.htm

Dangers of a Drawn-out War (April 6, 2003)

This prescient article highlights similarities between the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. Both countries possessed precious raw materials and neither had the military power to match that of their imperialistic aggressors. Like today's Iraq, Yugoslavia was ethnically divided but a growing partisan resistance developed following the short military campaign. After a long and bitter guerilla war, the resistance forced a German withdrawal. A similar scenario may unfold for the US in Iraq. (Forward)

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/occupation/2003/0406yugo.htm

[pnutchuck]

1. I've believed from the beginning that this was not a war

against terrorism, but one of natural resources. I do not advocate war of any kind, but when faced with an illegal occupation, I believe that we have given the people no other choice. In fact, we have only fueled anti-American sentiment in the Middle East when, at one time, there were moderates sympathetic to our fight against those who had attacked us.

[ixion]

2. it is about profits and power

It's about Big Oil and the Military Industrial Complex and the bottomless pit of greed they represent

The only terror is the terror created by the naked aggression of an impreial power.