so, i’ve been hearing a lot about all this guerilla-style warfare being waged in Iraq. Many telepundits seem to derile this style of fighting. I agree with them that it’s unconventional, and, well, dirty. But you know how we won the American Revolution? The same way. People wearing civilian clothing with mis-matched weapons “running-and-gunning”. Yup. And I’m sure that if *we* were invaded that we’d act much the same. I know that I’d have a foxhole in my front yard defending my three cats and Kelly (the invasion would no-doubt be caused by some horrible breakdown of diplomacy, or from Peter Arnett and Jane Fonda’s Revolutionary Militant Party). (Just joking Peter!!).

Now having said that, I don’t condone what the Iraqi regime has done in its past or what it may do in the future. Some people seem to think that war has to be “fair” or has to be fought with “rules”. Well, you know what? There have been plenty of battles lost to that kind of thinking. It’s funny to even begin to think that war — by itself a chaotic breakdown of normal human relationships — could possibly foster anything BUT chaos.

Oh well, just some thoughts I’ve been having. I leave you with a cleverly sad GIF animation from Artamnesia via the b3ta board.