You:" A month ago everyone in Fallujah was our enemy,"
Me:"Nope, nobody is saying that."
You:"Huh? Hundreds said that. Who are you kidding?"
Actually, Joe Hadenuf, you are right ... YOU WERE SAYING IT.
You were calling for the over-reaction that would have been militarily 'neat' but politically disastrous. April 08 : "Tell me Ernie, why is there still a continued heavy fighting going on at these two freaking mosques, while we have billions of dollars worth of this really neat, modern air power just sitting there?"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1113954/posts
This was my reaction THEN (recorded in my blog) to those calls for the "MOAB" solution:
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_freedomstruth_archive.html#108157143949074649
"My basic point: being humane to civilians in the long run SAVES AMERICAN LIVES. ...
Every Army officer understands why "rules of engagement" exist. War is subservient to the political and national security ends for which it is used. If it ceases to serves those ends, it is harmful and wrong. It puts American lives at risk and harms our nation."
Do you know who the yahoo is who I was responding to in that thread when I made those points on April 8?
I'll let you guess!
Nope, nobody is saying that
Actually, Joe Hadenuf, you are right ... YOU WERE SAYING IT.
You bet I was, along with *many* others, on *MANY* different threads, calling for swift brutal attacks on Fallujah.
I don't know who you think your kidding? Sheesh!