[angkor]

Otherwise, we will lose many more Americans and the new Iraqi government will be weakened and unable to defend itself.

Falluja has been a seething problem since the outset. Recall last year they broke into the police station and released 100 prisoners.

This place has bombings almost every day, and has been the scene of friendly fire (police caught in the crossfire) and well-publicized civilian casualties.

We'll probably need several thousand troops to clean up the mess there.

[Rik0Shay]

We need to let the Iraqi's take care of this. Send in a brigade or two of heavy armored Kurd units. Let them pacify Saddam's Wanna-b's. Use the US forces as a perimeter and when anyone tries to leave just toss them back in.