U.S. Plan for Fallujah Hits Snag

Washington Post ^ | May 2, 2004 | Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Scott Wilson

[jpsb]

The guys got balls and he thought he test the water, if he could get a good deal with US forces and he's got a private Army why not? Looks like things did not work out so I'd expect him and his people to leave. Unless the good general think maybe he can make a stand, survive and liberate Iraq. Personally, I think he will leave, then we are back to square one, except that we, yup we, have resupplies the resistance with arms and amo. (Only have one source on that, but I believe it.)

[ohioWfan]

The 'audience' that can actually read and think, or you and your friends??

I never said anything about any of this' being any kind of strategy. That's a lie.

I have, however, accused you and your buddies of histrionics, and of reading headlines (and leftist media articles) and drawing absurd conclusions.......and I DO trust the leaders of the U.S. military more than I trust YOU at your computer keyboard to know what's going on in Fallujah.

And now I am convinced that you are a liar. That's all I really care to know about you af. You spread false information deliberately (and had the audacity to ping me to this thread to prove it), and that makes what you say about anything completely unreliable.

As for the 'audience,' anyone who wants to know the truth can read any of my past posts on this subject.

Then they'll all know that you're lying.

[nathanbedford]

Duck Soup

[ALASKA]

.............BLAM. You been had. Now you're ALL surrounded. Suckers.

I like the idea, sounds like a Middle Eastern tactic.

[colorado tanker]

LOL. Since I'm generally regarded as a Bushbot, it's ironic to be on the receiving end. I really, really hope you are right that the Fallujah policy is correct and working and I have been misguided by incorrect press reports.

[jpsb]

I read a report that we gave the whatever Fallujah Army weapons and amo, now if that is true and if the deals falls apart and if so weapons are used against our troops then a "bad week for Team bush" doesn't even come close to how bad Team Bush will look.

[ohioWfan]

Oh, btw, af..........I'm not going to respond to any more of your false accusations, but I'd better not find out you've lied about me again.

I might have just to report you to the Viking kitties..........

[Iscool]

Iraqi general heading the new force denied there were any foreign fighters in the city, calling into question his commitment to American military objectives.

It's easy being an armchair General because we can be wrong a lot without any consequences...Even so, one has to wonder what's going on...Seems to me, that the thousand or so "former" enemies of ours may have some pretty close ties to their countrymen...Relatives...They all belong to the same religion that would not hesitate to shoot, knife or blow up a Jew or Christian on sight...

Today, they received a ration of new AK-47 rifles and who knows what else...I'll bet if you asked any one of those newly hand picked troops (hand picked by a Republican Guard General) who they have closer ties to, the Americans or the terrorists (who, btw, used to fight side by side with the new brigade), my money would be on the terrorists... I have a hunch the Americans just committed the biggest blunder of the war...

Instead of a couple hundred "freedom fighters" in the city, the marines will now have to go up against hightly trained and heavily armed military patriots, willing to die for Iraq...

[colorado tanker]

Outstanding Marine Corp propaganda. Two thumbs up!

[jpsb]

"Freepers could come up with a constitution "

And a damn good one at that, probably look alot like the US Constitution before the Wilson liberals screwed it all up.

[lonevoice]

Additional excerpts from the WAPOST article:

In Fallujah, Jassim Mohammed Saleh, the former Iraqi major general entrusted by the Marines with forming a new security force in the violence-wracked city, said in an interview with Reuters news service that "there are no foreign fighters in Fallujah"...Saleh's comments contradict U.S. intelligence reports -- and his orders from Marine commanders...it was not clear whether Saleh would comply with a U.S. order to relinquish command of the new force.

The contradictory reports coming out about Fallujah are worse than the whole Pakistani offensive a few weeks ago.

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies" ...Winston Churchill

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Our grunts will be PO-ed to have to battle for positions they gave up in a fight that should have been over a least a week ago.

Time flies.
We been f'n around for just over a MONTH now.

[onyx]

I'll leave it to the audience to judge your comments for the last 24-48 hours and draw their own conclusions about your online behavior.





Hers is FINE.
It's yours that stinks.
As usual.

[ChinaThreat]

Double crossing. Yes you are correct. This is the axis of Arab and Persian culture. The root of their diplomacy. Honesty in neither respected or honored in these decrepit cultures. You have hit the mark my friend.

[jpsb]

see 46, you read anything about arms and amo for the Fallujah figthers?

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Their intellect and precognition is truly incredible.
No one will question military intelligence again.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

Looks like we just sent in some reinforcements to our enemy. This was a stupid plan from the beginning. Why didn't we just finish the job in the first place?

[jpsb]

They live in a bad neighborhood, where one must look out for ones' best interests at all times. If that means a double cross, no big deal. Honor is a luxury Iraqis can not afford.

[Rokke]

I second...or is it third.

[oceanview]

there has to be something else to this, a missing piece. if indeed this deal materialized, and fell apart within 24 hours, but right after the arms for the new iraqi brigade were delivered - then our top military commanders who made these decision must all, to a man, be total idiots. I just can't believe that.