President Bush KNOWS the marines could take Fallujah easily. However the President also appreciates that any attendant collateral damage could hand the radical Arabs a propaganda victory. Remember, we need to win hearts and minds for our Iraq nation-building exercise to be a success.
As the British learned to their sorrow in Massachusetts, 1775, using a mailed fist to quell a bunch of hotheads can cause a local problem to erupt into a widespread civil insurrection.
President Bush knows what he is doing. So let's cease the criticism and second-guessing, and show some patience.