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Operation Valiant Resolve
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| wretchard
Posted on 04/05/2004 1:49:56 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
behind a barricade of women and children.
Yes, they are big hero's over there aren't they.
I like it. Surround the city, carefully screen those leaving, then MOAB the rest!
I think the enemy may have bitten off a bit more than they bargained for!
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Interesting early op scenario. We'll see how it plays out on the ground.
I look for Islamofacist calls for help to go around the world.
Look for UN to get into the act and France/Germany to call for intermediary actions while not doing a damn thing.
Kerry will invoke this as a 'political ploy' which shows no plan for success.
Saudi will probably use this as an excuse to send some of their in-country trouble makers on a haj to Fallujah.
I hope we send in strikes from the east. 5 times a day.
This will be interesting, but other hot spots will flare during this.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:18:25 PM PDT
by
Khurkris
(Ranger On...)
To: CecilRhodesRidesAgain
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:19:00 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
To: theFIRMbss
I am not so sure wretchard is military.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:20:11 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
To: leadpenny
Freeper wretchard wrote this. Check out his blog, he writes good stuff.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:23:01 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
#1 rule here: Anyone on a rooftop is a target.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:23:23 PM PDT
by
Gringo1
(El Riesgo Siempre Vive!)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
The Marines can jam enemy comms to stymie coordination, and once a civilian exodus begins Coalition radio can broadcast messages in the name of the defenders asking civilians to leave.Yesterday there was an Aljazeera report that the poor reporters were not being allowed by the Marines inside the perimeter.
Then a morning report that made it seem that Aljazeera *had* gotten inside the town.
So let's not forget to jam Aljazeera's sat feed (if they have one) and to absolutely ban them from Iraq once Fallujah is retaken from the beasts.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:24:48 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: leadpenny
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:25:52 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Yes, I see that now. Thanks again.
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I think that thousands of women, kids, and old men dispersed throughout
Iraq telling the story of how the entire city of Fallujah was flattened and
reduced to rubble. That the largest piece of rubble left behind can be lifted
by a baby. That the highest mound of rubble remaining could be stepped
over by a baby. That within the city limits of Fallujah nothing is alive, not
even maggots to consume the rotting bodies of the defeated. That nothing
will ever live there for a thousand years. That most people survived, but
those who chose to fight were killed so swiftly and surely that they were
dead before their arms and legs and heads had fallen to the ground.
We need something legendary here.
Thanks for the post
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:40:43 PM PDT
by
Cyber Ninja
(Regarding the Ideology: 'Kerry is like that or so a crack sausage.')
To: Cannoneer No. 4
But we may remove fortifications and obstacles used by the enemy, then plug those with concrete to prevent reoccupation. I.e., flatten Fallujah, pave it and turn it into a parking lot.
There is precedent for this - what we did to Aachen, Germany, during World War Two. We filled the underground utilities with concrete and turned 80% of all structures larger than outhouses into piles of rubble.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2002/MOUTGabel.htm
"Knock 'em All Down: The Reduction of Aachen, October 1944
by Christopher R. Gabel, Ph.D."
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:47:31 PM PDT
by
Thud
To: Dog
I didn't create the post, but I did write it.
To: wretchard
I just wanted to say it is very well written. I saw it earlier linked over at Rantburg....they all like it.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:51:17 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Turn the lights out, cut power and when the rats try to leave smoke them.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:51:36 PM PDT
by
boomop1
To: Cannoneer No. 4; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
Because the Marines hold the initiative, they can drain the defensive energies to a monstrous degree by precipitating one crisis after the other to which the enemy must respond or concede. Gradually, the Marines will infiltrate Fallujah until the enemy is paralyzed. More than likely the press will interpret these indirect tactics as proof that Americans are afraid to advance or declare that the Marines have been pinned down. Never mind. The job at hand is to win an overwhelming victory at the lowest cost whatever its impact may be on the ratings. It is war, not entertainment.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not Al Jazeera.
Ping!
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:51:43 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
(Relax.Don't get caught up in the media cycle.Iraq is not going to hell in a handbasket-Dale Dye. 4/5)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
It's finally gotten quiet. Taken several incoming, more than usual. Maybe get some sleep now.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:57:20 PM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
( Saddam-Who's your Bagh-Daddy now?)
To: OnTheDress
Nah, we first evacuate all the Sunni civilians to an area controlled by their "friends". After first removing all their weapons before we load them onto buses for the trip to Badr City.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50348-2004Apr4.html
"... But armed men from Fallujah and Baqubah - centers of resistance in the Sunni heartland west and north of Baghdad - also appeared at the [Shiite] mosque, offering support ..."
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:58:06 PM PDT
by
Thud
To: Cannoneer No. 4
A very good analysis of what "should" take place. I say "should" because, unfortunately I don't place much faith in the Pentagon planners, or the State Department wonkers to allow the theater commanders to take such bold and sensible initiatives.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:58:12 PM PDT
by
semaj
("....by their fruit you will know them.")
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democ
rats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:58:25 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: wretchard
Excellent.
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posted on
04/05/2004 3:02:00 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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