[Rokke]

I see you've shifted from your original claim of a few days ago that the Marines didn't develop the current strategy of creating the Fallujah Brigade and withdrawing to positions outside of Fallujah. I quote you... "I’m still looking for a single statement from a military commander that this pullout/repositioning on the brink of victory was "a Marine plan through and through" or something like that."
Apparently, you've decided to accept the word of this USA Today reporter. I'm glad you've finally seen the light. As to your new earth shattering discovery...nobody has been arguing that the CPA didn't arrange the initial cease fire. But since then, point to one single day we didn't carry out offensive operations in Fallujah. And before you declare that a repeat of Stalingrad is the only way to conduct urban warfare, perhaps you ought to spend a little time reading Marine doctrine on how to fight within a city. Here's what Gen Krulak had to say about it a few years ago..."General Charles Krulak has described the landscape of future urban operations as a "three block war." According to Krulak's depiction of the urban battlespace, we can expect to be providing humanitarian assistance in one part of the city, conducting peacekeeping operations in another, and fighting a highly lethal mid-intensity battle in yet a third part of the city." Gee. Sound familiar?

[elfman2]

I don’t read anything you write. You sank into childish name calling on this issue 2 days ago, and then you sank into dishonesty.

Don’t be a pest. Don’t write to me.

[A Jovial Cad]

Gee, you type a lot without ever saying very much. Is there a point to be deciphered somewhere in that gauzy flow of words?

[WOSG]

I see you've shifted from your original claim of a few days ago that the Marines didn't develop the current strategy of creating the Fallujah Brigade and withdrawing to positions outside of Fallujah. I quote you... "I’m still looking for a single statement from a military commander that this pullout/repositioning on the brink of victory was "a Marine plan through and through" or something like that." You are correct. This ceasefire is a different matter entirely than the "Fallujah brigade".