The innocents were told to get out days ago. There are none left that are innocent. The waiting has been a last call roundup for the big smoke out.
"The innocents were told to get out days ago. There are none left that are innocent. The waiting has been a last call roundup for the big smoke out."
The people of Fallujah have been leaving the city for weeks. I follow articles produced by Marine journalist, and approved newspaper articles posted at the Marine Corps. web site.
As usual folks only get a smiget of what really happens over there. I am not in the least critizing your and other notes of who has left etc.. Just want to emphasize for those still in this thread, that Iraqis did not just start to leave the city. It has been an ongoing thing for many weeks. Also our Marines have not left the area earlier on.
They simply had keep the city mostly surronded for quite a long time. So don't think this Fallujah operation just "started to ramp up", it has been in the making since April. We simply have been waiting for the IG to come to the conclusion that there is no way to negotiate with all the different anti-Iraqi elements that have gathered in Fallujah since perhaps summer of last year.
Well, let's hope the innocents get out. However, as any conflict like this begins, I still think it's important to pray that no innocents are hurt. My original posting regarding this was just to remind folks that this is not a party---it's a serious event. I get tired of the MTV approach to things, which treats this like a damned video game. Call me an old fuddy-duddy. There's a reason that they say "War is Hell."