Posted on 08/13/2004 3:49:58 AM PDT by Barney Gumble
I'm not that upset about this "pause for negotiation" as long as our tight cordon around the shrine is maintained. The only option for those inside the cordon should be to come out with their hands up and surrender.
Any "negotiation" that leads to the cordon being loosened and the Marines pulled out of Najaf (ala Fallujah) would be unbelievably foolish and we, and the Iraqi authorities, would live to regret it.
Dammit! I thought they'd get that fat bastard this time.
Do you even pay attention to world events?
What, you don't think if that if Bush wanted to take out Al-Sadr militarily, that he somehow lacks the power? So yes, this wallowing is Bush's policies.
Ref: "Aides said al-Sadr had been wounded by shrapnel."
It sounds like he should be awarded a John Kerry "Purple Heart".
I vote for Posthumously!
RamS
The continuing triumph of hope over experience. I'm not there, and I implicitly trust those who are. God help us all if their judgment fails.
Thank you for your service, but don't you know you're not supposed to disagree with our FreeRepublic French?
We also have confidence in our Military. We have had over 30 years to smolder on the way our military was Jobbed by the politicians in Vietnam and we do not want the Politicians to do it again.
It is time to let the Marines do the Job that they are capable of doing and then get the hell out of Iraq.
RamS
Perhaps a diversion - like nuking Iran - would satisfy you.
You talkin bout me ASA?
It's not FreeRepublic French, it's the "Bush can never ever do anything wrong" crowd. "It's all part of a master plan." These are the Bush-bots.
Not this time.
Remember the Citadel in Hue City? How many US Marines died because we did not (initially) allow the use of artillery and aerial ordnance against the NVA holed up there? Instead, we sent USMC riflemen to crawl along the walls, getting picked off piecemeal because this was the "holy" or "sacred" Citadel. Well, the muslims have made this so-called "holy shrine" in the holy shithole of najaf into an armed fortress - it is now a legitimate target. I am sickened by the fact that we let the ragheads dictate our tactics. Let the Marines do the job effectively and quickly - it will save American lives in the long run.
LOL! FR french, that's funny, especially coming from the nuke everything crowd.
Golly sakes, fight to win....
Same tired line, broken record, one note samba from someone without the ability to think independently.. I proved with 7 stories from papers such as the Washington Times that that the Fallujahn ceasefire decision to not attack was imposed by Bremer and Rumsfeld, not local commanders, but you were too dense to believe it then. Said the same line, over and over.
Now you repeat this brain dead garbage in this instance. Two military analysts on Fox today agree that this decision “originated from above the military”. (That means Alawi incase that’s not clear to you.) I saw the US ambassador to Iraq on Fox as well expressing great concern with this cease fire. He was not happy with it.
We have a duty to question political decisions regarding our troops that we believe are bad, especially when they originate by Iraqis. (Yes I know, we don’t take direct orders from Iraqis. They have just been ordered to cooperate with Alawi and not act against his wishes)
But why am I bothering telling you this. You refuse to see, much less think. You can only say one thing. “armchair quarterbacking”. Polly want a cracker? “Braaaak – armchair quarterbacking.”
Ok then. I trust anyone more than you.
Happy?
Yep, that has certainly been reported as being the case and it deserves repeating.
Forgive my limitations. I have many believe me. I was once a young kid in a Marine uniform and posess EXTREME EMPHATY with those young Marines over there. Most by now have lost their girlfrieds and a few their wives. Some have lost buddies. They want finality, not repetitive/tentative mistakes that bring them closer to death, farther away from home and a leave them with a sickening feeling in their gut that nothing but Full Victory and a plane ride could cure.I am not an arnchair General Sir, I am an armchair Lance Corporal. And, after 4 years in the green machine, I earned that right. PC is the death of many military carreers. I know.
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