1 posted on
05/29/2004 7:06:02 PM PDT by
saquin
To: saquin; Texasforever; nopardons; deport; Howlin; Miss Marple
This is a fantastic article...it goes a long way to explaining what was really going on at al-Sadr. Far from the caving in so many are claiming.
To: saquin
8 posted on
05/29/2004 7:22:26 PM PDT by
Grig
To: saquin
"thank you for capturing me not killing me"(this means he will be released so that he can kill more infidels).
13 posted on
05/29/2004 7:44:20 PM PDT by
freeangel
(freeangel)
To: saquin; Temple Owl
What is clear is this: U.S. forces had pushed al-Sadr's fighters into two final strongholds in Kufa and Najaf by the end of last week and brought the United States to the cusp of solving one of the thorniest problems ahead of the June 30 hand-over of power to the Iraqi people.
U.S. commanders estimated that there were 2,500 al-Mahdi fighters across the country at the beginning of the uprising. By late last week, they believed there were fewer than 500. This is from Knight-Ridder??
18 posted on
05/29/2004 9:01:30 PM PDT by
Tribune7
To: saquin
Before setting the battle plan, Dempsey had to figure out his foe and motivations. "We had to embark on a course that maintained local, general popular support - at least neutrality," Dempsey said.
This is a brilliant commander. Imagine when he and others like him begin to enter public life as executives or elected officials. Imagine a President Dempsey with these qualities of command and resolve and a patient and methodical attention to detail.
We do not deserve defenders like these. But thank God we have them.
19 posted on
05/29/2004 9:03:26 PM PDT by
Asclepius
(protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
To: swarthyguy
Things weren't as bad as they seemed.
20 posted on
05/29/2004 9:04:52 PM PDT by
Tribune7
To: saquin
Thank you for posting this article. I sure hope that all of our armed chair generals will read this! Absolutely BRILLIANT TACTICS by our guys!
To: saquin
There's no way I'd ever get to read this in a local paper or see this story on the national news. The reason? It shows our forces to be the smart, well trained, disciplined professional soldiers we know them to be. And...it makes me feel even more proud to be an American. What an awesome post!
I admit to sometimes feeling like we should just level the place, but our commanders have it right: take out the enemy while winning the hearts and minds of the people. I've read that the Iraqis won't soon forget how the UN used them in the Oil for Food program. Let's hope that they don't forget who liberated them and helped them to re-build.
The one thing my mom taught me was to leave things better than you found them. My mom would be proud of our troops. I know I am!
37 posted on
05/30/2004 5:03:33 AM PDT by
GBA
To: saquin
A wonderful story. Thank you, saquin.
38 posted on
05/30/2004 5:08:14 AM PDT by
solzhenitsyn
("Live Not By Lies")
To: Dog; wretchard
If you have not already seen this article, it gives an interesting perspective.
46 posted on
05/30/2004 10:20:02 AM PDT by
Cap Huff
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