When I hear someone who is on our side be so dense as to wholly misunderstand the way to win the war, I am greatly saddened. SuziQ is right about the way our military has conducted this operation, and the only way to really achieve victory in Iraq is to allow their own government to become a credible force there. The past six months and more have been a brilliant attempt to do this, and we will have to be patient for a little more time to discover whether we can leave Iraq in a year or whether it will be ten more years. It all hinges NOT on whether we defeat the terrorists in Fallujah, but on whether the Iraqi government is stabilized. You act like someone who has played a lot of video games and shoot'em ups but have no clue as to how a war is actually wrapped up. Sorry you feel that way, but I'm glad you honestly support our troops, and I understand your emotional reaction to this situation. We may, and probably will, lose more of our brave men in this battle to take Fallujah, but the way we have invested our time and patience there has a much better chance of long term success, and fewer overall losses, than your plan.
Once they start scattering like rats...send in my favorite baby to clean 'em up......A-10 Warthog.
my understanding is that the Iraqi troops will be right along side our troops...thats whats being done
Doogle
You are dead right about that.
Overwhelming force that brings our casualties to zero and complete annihilation that destroys the enemy and sends a message is paramount. We waited too long for your cant we all partner and help the iraqies help themselves song. Flatten that sesspool. THEN.....put them in charge of the next sesspool.
If my boy was over there and he died while we waited to hold hands I would lose it.
Exactly right. The last six months have not been a waste of time. We've been bombing insurgents, building an Iraqi security force and Allawi has had time to gain a political footing.
At the same time, we've been driving a wedge been the terrorist foreign fighters and the causeless local lunkheads.
The removal of terrorists from Fallujah will be no different than how we've done it in many other locations around the world in the WOT.
And Fallujah for the most part will not be flattened.