[gandalftb]

I wish we had finished it too. When the first company engaged in Al-Jawlan they thought it would be a raid on a few bad guys, that's all. They didn't even take their packs or extra ammo or water. Hundreds of ragheads came at them from all sides.

It was very bad until the battalion was brought up, then another battalion. Fallujah was not a planned assault. A few Army Cobras and some seriously hard core, no surrender Marines, prevented them from being overrun.

Forward units lived off local food and water for days. I mean chasing down chickens under covering fire and saving them in empty sand bags.

I posted the letter from my son's chaplain then. Very grim time. So after a month of this the boys were really tired, weapons breaking down, and most of the enemy were dead. Saleh and Latif come along, lots of pressure from CentCom/Bremer, your're tearing up too much, blah, blah, fricking blah, etc.

So that's why the decision was made. Like I say, it ain't over.

[elfman2]

" So after a month of this the boys were really tired, weapons breaking down, and most of the enemy were dead."

That’s a gross fraud.

The assault on Fallujah lasted 7 or 8 days. The “month” was a semi-cease fire under ridiculous rules of engagement ordered from above.

What kind of crap are you trying to promote here? You’ve been parroting the RNC line from post one here newbie. Now this is another step beyond. This is fantasy.