Each pass there are fewer and fewer bad guys... be patient.
"We keep taking the same turff over and over."
Until the Iraqis can hold the town, we will have to continue to do search and distroy operations.
Looks like the Iraqis decided to start with Baghdad. A success there will swell their recruiting.
I watched a media guy interview two soldiers in Iraq yesterday. The media man was not a bad guy, but the visual was interesting. There he was, standing between to soldiers with his mike and his beautifully coiffed hair and Dan Rather on assignment type clothes, and flanking him were two men in camo who were so clearly part of the finest fighting force the world has ever seen. Their responses were intelligent, brief and to the point. It was like two men and some guy. It really struck me.
LOL, listen to the Associate Press's GLOWING performance review of the Iraqi terrorists: "incessant," "resiliant," "well coordinated," "bold," etc. The writer of this piece can't wait to get over to Iraq to offer himself as a love toy to the terrorists he obviously idolizes so much. Funny NOTHING is said about terrorist casualties, but we're reminded of how utterly hopeless it is for the US and its allies in Iraq with yet another tired recitation of US and coalition casualties. I have never before in the history of the Republic seen the US media so openly rooting for an enemy and against their own nation. I don't think it was even this bad during Vietnam.
Carrying water in a sieve. Unless honest, honorable Iraqis decide enough is enough, their country will remain home to murderous cutthroats.