[texaslil]

Uh, Oh, Now you really lost me. Fallugah was evacuated of civilians, for the most part. Only ones left were insurgents. You must be very young. My parents generation leveled Horoshiman and Nagasaki. 180,000 Japanese were killed. Bottom line, they're now one of our greatest allies. Ended the war too, if memory serves.

[Eagle Eye]

Take my word for it, nuking Fallujah was not an option, nor was bombing it into rubble.

Those options are bantied about by those who don't know any better and it makes them feel good.

[adorno]

Fallugah was evacuated of civilians, for the most part. Only ones left were insurgents. You must be very young.

Check out my post #23.

I'm not that young anymore.

The only way you can be sure that all the civilians were evacuated from the city would've been to go door to door. And that would've had to happen before the battle. In a city the size of Fallujah, there would've been somebody who decided not to leave. And, there would've been the inevitable civilian hostages thet the insurgents would have kept. And then, leveling an entire town or city is not always the best way to win a battle or war. Especially if you intend to rebuild the city or country after the battle or war. Not, to mention, again, the ill-will you would've created within the citizenry from the devastated areas. Winning the hearts and minds of the people is just as important as winning the war.