Sayeed sure seemed to have a little problem. Of course prime minister Allawi cannot allow us to do that in Fallujah. We should never had let the State Dept. interfere back in April. Or if worst, after a couple weeks that proved the New Iraqi Army and police would not succeed we should have insisted that 1MEF level the city. Perhaps it may as fictional Sayeed saw............did the trick. Guess we will never know. Who knows MOAB's and other heavy stuff may be required in the end to turn Fallujah into a parking lot. Guess we shall see in the next six months or less, the fate of Fallujah and Samaria and other strongholds.
2MEF is not going to let itself be fooled or comprimized as 1MEF was allowed to do. Sure Hope our president and CIC is in office when the end comes to the resistance.
Semper Fi
As to the other...we shall see. I am afraid it is going to come to that, and wish the Marines had been left unhindered in Fallujah, albeit we needn't spend their lives to level such a place. No sense in playing into the Jihadists culture and plan looking to draw us in close where they can negate somne of our advantage...give the inhabitants fair and direct warning, then hold the perimieter while the place is leveled as a warning and sign to others standing in the way of liberty and peace.
Best regards to you and your nephew. Our prayers and the prayers of millions like us are with him constantly.