Yes, indeed. This is part of the propaganda war, leveraging the threat of a return of the Ba'athists to frighten the sh*t out of the Shiites, who have been brutalized by them for decades.
Few people in America noticed when, between news cycles, a six hour bombardment proceeded our "withdrawl."
Interesting how, after that bombardment, attacks on our convoys stopped and the daily death count among our troops dropped to zero.
The special Ops guys and Marines who had carefully scouted the town for more than a week and a half located the right targets for that daisy cutters, I guess.
Don't let anyone tell you any of those who died in preparation for the pacification of Falluja, died in vain.
Pity we can't brag about our having won the Battle of Falluja. Most of those who sought to kill us are taking a well-deserved dirt nap.
In the course of History, that story will be told. Meanwhile, we must continue to the next goal, the pacification of Najif and Karbala.
Look for that victory to be just as sudden, and by all appearances, just as mysterious.
"All War is based on deception." - Sun Tzu
Good post, spot on. But, this fight ain't over by a damn sight.
"Pity we can't brag about our having won the Battle of Falluja. Most of those who sought to kill us are taking a well-deserved dirt nap."
Brag away. :-)
Meanwhile, the America-haters will pretend somehow all those graves in Fallujah filled by Marine snipers were Fallujah's "innocents" killed by incredibly bad shots.
Guess you missed the press release from the Coalition saying that the attack rate on our troops in the first two weeks of May was DOUBLE what it was in previous months.