U.S. Marines launch major operation in west Iraq (Operation Saif)

[Eagle Eye]

Nuking western Iraq would only improve the landscape.

And the cockroaches would still survive.

[TomasUSMC]

Nuking western Iraq would only improve the landscape

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Yes, true. Now if you nuked Eastern Syria, and told them the next mushroom would appear over what would used to be downtown Damascus, then you would have a much more profitable result, don't ya think? Shoot Syria might just decide to close its borders kinda like ASAP, and might even send some agents to kill ole Zarqawi too.

imo ya gotta tagline it:

[Eagle Eye]

Gee, and I thought putting the 1st MAW and 1st MEU was supposed to scare the bejeezus outta the syrian/iraqi/islamo-fascist terrorists....all it did was embolden them...what gives?

[boxerblues]

Prayers going out for a safe, successful operation!

A lot of units involved in this one, hopefully it will be one of the last for my youngest. His unit is coming in August WOOHOO

[Coop]

God bless him and you!

[iconoclast]

Marines said they killed dozens of insurgents in that operation, but they also destroyed much of the town of 60,000 with air strikes and street-to-street battles before abandoning it at the end of the five-day operation.

Ah, the old "we had to destroy the town in order to save it routine".

It would appear we are expanding the (non)war without increasing troop strength.