Posted on 05/22/2007 7:11:14 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
War On Terror: In both Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. forces are making further impressive gains against terrorists. Don't expect Democrats to let that stop them from claiming that we're losing.
As part of the new surge strategy in Iraq, U.S. Marines and Iraqi army forces have arrested 250 terrorists in the large, once-unmanageable western province of Anbar, it was reported on Sunday. Operation Harris Ba'sil, or "Valiant Guardian," reached completion after eight weeks of disrupting enemy routes and shelters outside cities.
"We uncovered more than 250 caches, arrested over 250 suspected insurgents and discovered over 100 improvised explosive devices," Lt. Col. Michael Manning of Regimental Combat Team 2 reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
And next is cleaning out Baghdad when all the reinforncements are available next month.
unless victory is proclaimed, it will never happen. We are losing the propaganda war. In this sense it really is Viet Nam all over again. We had better go for a very quick kill, because time is against us on the home front.
This is utterly breathtaking. I am at a loss for words.
IBD the conservative, intelligent, investors newspaper gets it right again!
IBD the conservative, intelligent, investors newspaper gets it right again!
For your information and assessment...
Remember how we won the war with Germany and Japan? We reached a point that said “That’s enough”. We fire bombed them and they quit. I don’t understand why we don’t demolish any building or buildings that house terrorists or weapons.
Pinging a few friends...
News we’d NEVER hear in the Has-Been Media!
Thanks for the good-news ping, Star!
I am with you, I have asked that question myself. Enough already.
good point. All I have ever wanted done over there was simply what Sherman did to the South.
It is absolutely breathtaking. A candidate for the highest office in the land just called Americans - our nation - imperialist conquerers - bad guys!
I understand how you feel.
But the insurgents also recognize this dynamic, and routinely use the dwellings, property and land of innocent Iraqis against their will.
They couple that with a threat of dumping the headless body of their firstborn son on their doorstop if they help allied forces in any way.
After a few headless corpses appear, the community “helps” by being silent out of fear.
We cannot just demolish the houses and kill the people here. In WWII, the civilian populace was heavly invested by their own free will (for the most part) in the war effort. They were an integral part of the war machine.
Excellent news.
As a matter of fact, Our Boys in Iraq DO demolish buildings and even Minarets when the enemy is holed up too well inside of 'em.
Don't believe me? Try out YouTube and look for anything having to do with "US" "Army "Marines" OO-RAH!! and "Iraq". Plenty to see there.
It seems silly to be sending troops in when we have all these nuclear weapons sitting around...
BTTT
“IBD the conservative, intelligent, investors newspaper gets it right again!”
I think my subscription to WSJ is getting shaky.
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