[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Marine_Uncle]

Fallon can't much of anything substantial, if indeed anything slightly different then the military approaches thus far, are to be changed.
I continue to think people in his position are just using somewhat non threatning language as to keep the goons on the hill off balance. One does not want to give them any more ammo to do more damage then one can get away with. No use letting things out of the bag.
As for the Baathist buying up the land. How come the Maliki government had not intervened earlier on. Why where Baathist loyal to Saddam even allowed to come out in the open and purchase land, let alone land most likely located within a long time Shia tribal area.
Lots of things continue to not add up.