[Brilliant]

Children getting killed left and right, US soldiers getting killed. The last two paragraphs are obviously designed to express the writers' views about this war, namely that it's a waste, and accomplishes nothing except death.

They may be right, but since the media has such low credibility these days, I wouldn't assume so.

[jimbo123]

Co-written by Fadel al-Badrani.

[demlosers]

A lousy propaganda piece.

[elephantman96]

thats good ask the french... like they know how to win a war...

[elizabetty]

French strategist?? Did he pass the course that shows you how to hide behind a woman's skirt during wartime?

[george wythe]

Reuters, BBC, Le Monde, French TV5, and similar leftist outlets are rooting for the insurgents.

I take anything they said with a grain of salt.

[KellyAdmirer]

What does he mean, nothing will have been resolved? We will have retaken Fallujah and killed a boatload of terrorists. And since when are symbolic victories nothing? Not that the French would know anything about victories, symbolic or otherwise.

[DJ MacWoW]

This from the people fighting for "hot chocolate".

[Veto!]

"It may not take long to capture the city, but nothing will have been resolved. It will be a symbolic victory," French military strategist Jean-Louis Dufour said.

The French have military strategists? What do they do, manufacture white flags?

[hushpad]

"It may not take long to capture the city, but nothing will have been resolved. It will be a symbolic victory," French military strategist Jean-Louis Dufour <<<

Jean-Louis Dufour, whose entire military strategy consist of waving a white flag, criticizes the USA and Iraqi Army?

Take your symbolism and put it where the french like it best: In the rear!

[whershey]

It's propaganda. Some facts could be correct but they aren't stating what the circumstances were. Also their putting the emphasis on what it took to take the center of Fallujah and not on what's been accomplished.

I expect to see more of this lean from the press. I noticed during the press conference the military gave today that a few members of the press were very hostile in the tone of their questions. Frankly they can all go and shove it.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

French military strategist Jean-Louis Dufour said

Bwaaaahaaahaaa - that's a good one! How hard is it to figure out how to surrender?

[wildcatf4f3]

Shouldn't the French stick to what they do best - shoot indescrimately into crowds then run away.

[nothernlights]

"Sami al-Jumaili,a doctor at the main Fallujah hospital who escaped arrest..."
Why is a doctor escaping arrest,unless he is aiding and abaiting the terrorists and why would the Reuters guy know where to find him and use his testimony to claim civilian casualties.The leftist media is so biased they don't even realize that that they disclose their own biased sources in the text of the article.

[bert]

When can we expect the US offices of Reuters to begin taking casualties?

I would hope it will be soon. A little blood flowing out the door would be a wonderful sight.

[Smartaleck]

The French are symbolic.

[BushisTheMan]

Residents said a U.S. air strike hit a clinic in a central district, killing medical staff and patients.

As in the famous last words of Lawrence O'Donnell: LIARS, LYING LIARS, LIARS!

[bannedfromdu]

I must correct all you guys, French military strategist Jean-Louis Dufour, is an expert due to the fact that like his grandmother he has a lot of German in him.

[American Vet Repairman]

It will be a symbolic victory," French military strategist Jean-Louis Dufour said."

I got your symbolic victory Right Here you French @##^&&$#@!!!!!!!!!

[eddiebear]

What a shock that Reuters posts such a bulls--t story. They quote an unnamed guy talking about all these American casualties, but the numbers are (thankfully, yet sadly) low. That is the tactic of people when they want to make up stuff.