[Judith Anne]

I too find this unbelievable. I never would have thought we leave our fallen countrymen to such vicious, mutilating mobs. As in Somalia I wondered where the "Lil birds" were with their gun runs and in this case where were the Apaches, A-10s and Spectre gunships. Totally unacceptable, especially for Marines who claim never leave their fallen behind. How sad,

Anyone who went in to rescue the bodies would have been walking into an ambush, the bodies were bait, the atrocities were bait. You would have sacrificed many for nothing.

The strategy I've seen posted elsewhere here is much more effective, and has already begun.

[AFPhys]

You're right ... our response will be measured, in OUR time table, and effective.

Rummy is not Les Aspin; Powell is not Madeleine Halfbright; Bush is not the 'Toon.

It is no wonder, though, that the world is wondering what we will do now. Seventeen days after Somalia, here is what was being reported: http://members.aol.com/vetcenter1/rangers.htm

Any body here believe that will be the response in Iraq during the next seventeen days?