[CWOJackson]

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.

[Howlin]

I heard this being described on NPR either Thursday or Friday; the reporter said "The United States has said that they plan to accept the OFFER made by al-Sadr for a truce."

[deport]

"Tactically, what we said to our soldiers is if you are attacked, turn and fight and finish it," Dempsey recalled. "Don't allow the militia to live to fight another day."

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A man with a plan.......

[saquin]

From what I understand, this reporter is embedded with the troops in Najaf so he's got the real scoop, as opposed to all the other reporters sitting in their Baghdad hotels getting the news from Al Jazeera and CNN reports.

[tbpiper]

Far from the caving in so many are claiming.

There is an incredible amount of inpatients here abouts. Some folks are willing to call the game lost well before half time. Not being privy to strategy meetings, I prefer to wait (as if I had a choice) and let things work out. Some of our 'it's a quagmire!' brothers ought to grow up a little bit.

[nopardons]

The media is NOT reporting anything accurately.

The nay-saying FREEPERS are anti-Bush,anti-war,and/or gung-ho armchair generals,who have never been in a real war and NOTHING at all will suit them,short of a FRENCH win or total annihilation of the entire Middle East.

This article is great news.I hope that more of the same keeps coming and somehow reaches the masses.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Looks like pussy-footing around and not nuking the place might have worked out after all.

Gee, what if the generals in Iraq actually do know what the hell they are doing?

[LS]

"For his militia, composed mainly of poor, young men"

Typical liberal news error in this sentence:

"For his militia, composed mainly of poor, young dead men . . . ."