“They do indeed! They’re running around the past couple of days, celebrating and saying you know that they’ve fought things to a stand still. They’re really taking a propaganda victory out of this. “American GIs will pay with their lives for this capitulation in Fallujah. The spineless Arabs have found a spine to fight against the US military, the same spine that was missing when their strongman was in power.
The only language that Arabs understand, the language of force, is telling them that they can kill/mutilate Americans and get rewarded with a "ceasefire."
What's the basis for the assumption that we've "capitulated" in Fallujah? The most the evidence supports is that politicians directed a halt to an anticipated all-out Marine offensive.
But whether that halt is temporary or permanent is what we here do not know. The President has said that it is a conditional halt, designed to determine whether Iraqis are willing to step forward and accept responsibility. And that if they don't, we will finish the job ourselves. Is there any evidence contradicting what the President said? Because I sure haven't seen it.