Gunships Level Minaret As US Cancels Assault

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-27-2004 | David Rennie

[blam]

Ping.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

The micromanagement from the White House looks like Lyndon Johnson's failure in Vietnam.

This is looking like Vietnam more every day.

It's time to crush Fallujah!

Weakness will cause more trouble than strength.

Fallujah should have been dealt with fiercely and swiftly weeks ago!!

What the hell are we doing getting the troops killed by restraining them?!!!!

[Pearls Before Swine]

Militants were stockpiling weapons in mosques, schools and shrines.

There will be no secrets about where the munitions dumps are.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

It is definitely time. Either put a "Patton" in charge, or get the soldiers out. All of this "poltical" maneuvering is insanity. They hate us. They're not going to hate us any more than they already do. What are we going to have to do? Make it a hate crime to kill an American soldier? That'll slow them down. </sarcasm off>

[SandRat]

In a potential propaganda disaster, the marines called in helicopter gunships to level a 60-ft mosque minaret allegedly being used as a firing platform by insurgents.

What propaganda disaster? Religious and Historical sites are protected under the rules of land warfare until they are used for military purposes. Anyone remember Monte Casino? Hope they have video evidence of firing coming from the minaret to go with all the spent shell casing found in the rubble. Just to shut the lame stream media up.

[r9etb]

Were you saying something? All I heard was a monotonous blah blah blah blah blah blah blah .....

[dirtbiker]

Militants were stockpiling weapons in mosques, schools and shrines.

Very, very stuipd move on the militants part, unless they don't care for or respect those shrines, schools, and mosques. Seems to me we care more for their "holy" sites than they do.........

[kimosabe31]

Are we going to lose Iraq because we're afraid to destroy a freaking mosque. If muslims gave a damn about their religious sites, they would not use them as military strongholds. They believe our leadership is too "politically correct" to attack and annihiliate them in their mosques. Time will tell.

Meantime we definitely need to begin eliminating these loud mouthed immams.

[Kay Soze]

"assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah was postponed yesterday after local commanders said bloody urban warfare could provoke retaliation across the country and protests throughout the Muslim world. "

Then should we give up the WOT and come home?

[Husker24]

Why do the media keep referring to AK-47's, Morters, and RPG's as "heavy weapons", they may be deadly but they are not heavy weapons, Tanks and Artillery are heavy weapons.

[MonroeDNA]

Let the Marines decide what needs to be done.

The micro-manegement is insane. I can't believe that Bush approved this.

Good God, this is nuts.

Take them all out!!!!!

[mystery-ak]

I hate to say this, but I agree with you.

[blam]

"The micromanagement from the White House looks like Lyndon Johnson's failure in Vietnam."

I worry. I hope this is not related to the election.

[dirtbiker]

Take them all out!!!!!

Damn straight!!!!

[Husker24]

I dont understand the thinking, that these people are going to surrender. These are not Iraqi conscripts, these people actually want to fight, if they say they will surrender, then its probably a trick or an ambush or something.

[kayak]

We need to consider the source of this info ... the media. President Bush has said repeatedly that the military are running this show and the military leaders say that their hands are not tied by the administration.

The media want this war to be perceived as another VietNam so they will slant any story any way they can to foster their own agenda.

I hope that everyone keeps that in mind as they read stories such as this.

[cynicom]

The "alleged" bullets did however kill our soldiers.

[cynicom]

This is how Vietnam got bogged down. Micro managing by Johnson and MacNamara, they were selecting targets for bombing.

[kddid]

"The media want this war to be perceived as another VietNam so they will slant any story any way they can to foster their own agenda."

Agreed.

We have Fallujah under siege and could take and/or destroy the city in less than a day.

So how is this like Vietnam?