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To: Rokke
"And despite several direct quotes from DoD officials directly attributing the Marine decisions in Fallujah to Marines"

Please, you virtually admitted in your last post that you couldn’t find a specific quote by giving up looking for it and claiming that it was my responsibility to prove what’s apparent to the majority. So now you’ve disintegrated into being overtly dishonest (backtracking to pretend that those quotes are specific and relevant to my claim, after I took the time to demonstrate that they weren't)

Life’s too short for this childishness. Write to someone else. I won’t read it. Regards.

142 posted on 05/01/2004 3:28:06 PM PDT by elfman2
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To: elfman2
"you virtually admitted in your last post that you couldn’t find a specific quote"

You're right. I found at least five. They are as follows...

1. "The top Marine commander in Iraq has chosen to assemble what amounts to a Sunni Muslim militia"
2. "Under an agreement worked out by marine commanders in Fallujah...."
3. "DiRita said marine commanders had "a lot of authority to make decisions, and they're doing that, and they've developed this force."
4. That may explain why senior Pentagon officials appeared to have been in the dark about the agreement on Thursday when it was first announced in Fallujah by marine officers."
5. "General John Abizaid, the head of the US Central Command, told reporters earlier Friday he did not know the Iraqi general who was leading the force."

But hey, don't let the facts stand in your way. You've got an unsupported theory to defend.

144 posted on 05/01/2004 5:14:44 PM PDT by Rokke
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