[GrandEagle]

The only other course is to kill them all and let God sort them out...which will only polarize all muslims...and we will never have the chance to show them that democracy and freedom is better than Islamo-fascist slavery
I agree with your assesment of the above statement. The only thing that these guys respect is raw, brute, overwelming, force! Any "discussions" they view as weakness.

[BushMeister]

Bret Baer FOX NEWS says that situation is "winding down" in Ramadi. Seventy attackers at Governor's Palace, ramadi. "Dozens" of attackers killed. Pentagon says Baathists are most likely the attackers at Ramadi, not Sadr's militia. Baathists have extensive military training.

Seventy or so Baathists attacking a Marine compound and killing at least 12 and wounding at least 20 sounds strange. Something went wrong. Maybe a few lucky/deadly mortar strikes at the outset.