Im not going to make a snap judgement about the guy based on 1 peice
Would you like another piece , there are hundreds of articles and interviews out there by him ?
http://www.sonshi.com/vancreveld.html

So, we have to finish the job then? I guess everyone agrees afterall.
Yes , but how ? It cannot be finished can it , it is an endless cycle the only option would have been not to get into the cycle , but its too late now , the only other option is to flatten the place and everyone in it , but that isn't an option is it .

realize you didnt make those statements Tribesman, but my comments weren't directly addressed to you either.
Hey its only me mentioned or quoted in the post Xiahou .
Perhaps you could have used Would you like to read the leading Jewish Isreali military analists take on Iraq for balance Xiahou ?
Very different from the Senators take on it , or An interesting read for anyone interested . A change from Lieberman .

Is Lieberman asserting that there are only 10k left after the slew we've killeed or detained?

If so, that is excellent news, since the accepted ratio for supression of guerilla fighters is 10-1 and we do have that many boots.

Seamus that 10,000 is just a figure that he has plucked from the air , latest estimates vary between 22-35000 , but they are just various government and intelligence estimates .