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Submitted by Hans Guggenheim (United States), Sep 22, 2009 at 17:21

Clausewitz led Germany via World War II and World War II straight to its defeat at Stalingrad. Viewing the Israeli-Palestinain conflict as a military operation may not work in Israel's favor. A brilliant analysis of the Vietnam War famously suggested that the US lost because it played Chess instead of Go.

Surely you can find more sophisticated models than a 19th century Prussian general

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1	Women in history were invisible soldiers. [242 words]	Lynn	Oct 20, 2009 08:43	163267
	Feminist aspect on the western pc-rot. [315 words]	Gordon Weare	Oct 20, 2009 22:46	163267
	The new public-relations phrase: "non-Muslim peoples have the right to sovereignty" [38 words]	Clarity	Oct 14, 2009 19:13	163084
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	Totally True (but I prefer the sound of the lie ) [140 words]	Gordon Weare	Oct 19, 2009 21:24	162646
	the method [304 words]	Charles B. Cohen	Sep 29, 2009 15:40	162315
	When does a fight end? [205 words]	Alex Revai	Sep 27, 2009 13:37	162192
	In response to Alex Revai [264 words]	Dillah	Sep 28, 2009 16:31	162192
	Settlements convince Palestinians [60 words]	Joakim Förars	Sep 25, 2009 20:13	162123
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	A splendin article Dr. Pipes and well put [192 words]	Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi	Sep 23, 2009 16:27	161969
	Well Said, Mr. MacNemi [194 words]	Rebecca Moulds	Sep 24, 2009 17:53	161969
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	You're right [58 words]	Abu Nudnik	Sep 22, 2009 02:08	161886
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