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Could a devastating assault have been a mistake? You bet. Could a devastating assault still take place? I guess that is a possibility.

The enemy never doubts whether an assault against our troops will be a mistake. Today we lost 8 KIA in one suicide attack.

What is our response? Maybe we still are thinking like Condi, when she said we didn't react to the Cole bombing because we might EMBOLDEN the enemy.

We should have had to great victories under our belts 2 weeks ago - Fallujah and Najaf. The 4000 kia of the enemy would have been a sign of strength. Proof that resistance would cost our enemy more than it gained.

Failure to attack because of the fear of reprisal is worse than retreat and ensuring defeat.

We should have had to great victories under our belts 2 weeks ago - Fallujah and Najaf. The 4000 kia of the enemy would have been a sign of strength. Proof that resistance would cost our enemy more than it gained.

So we end up doing it the way Sadam did. I think we are better than that....and smarter than that. You don't beat and humiliate an entire people, and expect them to forget all about it in a few years. It is far more effective to divide your enemies. Turn them against each other. Do you think maybe you see that happening?