[TomasUSMC]

One other thing; at the time we were going to go in, jihadist strength was at its height. Now, not so strong.

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I would say that since the siege is over, there are now many more, better armed, better coordinated guerrillas in Fallujah now, and they now probably have brand new body armor.

MOAB. Use it before it is used on US like they did in Lebanon.

[section9]

I disagree, Tomas. You have to think of the insurgents in the Golan neighborhood as a coalition. A lot of them have been killed, more than the Marines have publicly admitted. The core are the jihadi. They won't run. But the local Sunni are on again/off again, depending on which way the wind blows and where the cash is coming from. In addition, the tribals have a big say in rebel strength right now.

I think that insurgent strength peaked out at a couple of thousand two weeks ago. Now, they are probably down to seven hundred or more.

Be Seeing You,

Chris