Remember when a couple of senior Brit officers were very critical of the U.S. "cowboy" offensives in the North? Well, the "cowboys" and THEIR Sunni partners seem to have done a whole lot better job up North than did the Brits down south.. It appears the Brits trusted the Shiites more than warranted.....and killed too few.
If Basra falls to Sadr's "army".......then what? It's boiling down to more than a Shiite/Sunni issue -- it seems to be moving toward a Muslim/"Crusader" thing again, with Iran pushing Sadr down our throats..
Do we need to defeat Sadr militia/Iran is a devastating and destructive manner -- or do we simply wait for the Democrats to take us out and had them an easy bloodless victory?
1 posted on
03/28/2008 10:07:43 PM PDT by
river rat
To: river rat
In two weeks time the US troops and Iraqi army will crush the Mahdi terrorists in Basra and all over Iraq.
2 posted on
03/28/2008 10:09:16 PM PDT by
jveritas
(Rush Limbaugh (Rush Zibo) wants President Hillary Clinton)
To: river rat
.....or do we simply wait for the Democrats to take us out and had HAND them an easy bloodless victory?
3 posted on
03/28/2008 10:09:46 PM PDT by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: river rat
This has the look of Fallujah I written all over it.
Seems Bush and company did not learn the lesson well enough the first time.
Go in guns ablazing with overwhelming firepower, destroy the enemy unmercifully, and you don’t have to do Fallujah II.
5 posted on
03/28/2008 10:11:31 PM PDT by
SoConPubbie
(GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
To: river rat; Alas Babylon!; American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; ...
MI ping
6 posted on
03/28/2008 10:14:21 PM PDT by
BIGLOOK
To: river rat
Remember when a couple of senior Brit officers were very critical of the U.S. "cowboy" offensives in the North? Well, the "cowboys" and THEIR Sunni partners seem to have done a whole lot better job up North than did the Brits down south.. It appears the Brits trusted the Shiites more than warranted.....and killed too few. As a big time fan of the British soldier and much less of an admirer of their leadership at times I agree with you 100%.
Basra needs the a$$ kicking it apparently missed out on under British rule. The cops in Fallujah used to switch sides too, the IA as well. We need a cleansing in southern Iraq.
10 posted on
03/28/2008 10:20:29 PM PDT by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: river rat
12 posted on
03/28/2008 10:22:05 PM PDT by
Just mythoughts
(Isa.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.)
To: river rat
Well, it’s not just Sadr’s militia that is involved. There’s the Badr Brigade, and other militias associated with the ruling parties that are fighting. Lucky for us, the Shiites aren’t united with Sadr.
14 posted on
03/28/2008 10:25:48 PM PDT by
Shadow44
To: river rat
Mookie has the backing of Iran. Hardly what I’d call a “Muslim/Crusader thing”. But good analysis of the immediate situation. The Brits really didn’t do a thorough job now, did they?
19 posted on
03/28/2008 10:35:49 PM PDT by
SatinDoll
(Desperately seeking a conservative candidate.)
To: river rat
Why are we wasting blood and treasure on these pukes. Turn Basra into a parking lot.
21 posted on
03/28/2008 10:39:48 PM PDT by
Mike Darancette
(Obama: America is the greatest country on the earth, Help me bring change.)
To: river rat
Execute all of the police who switched sides, if they don’t get killed in the fighting. Summarily, as soon as they are identified!
26 posted on
03/28/2008 10:54:27 PM PDT by
DGHoodini
(Fall on your knees! Oh hear, the angels voices)
To: river rat
Liquidate el-Sadr. Problem solved.
28 posted on
03/28/2008 10:56:50 PM PDT by
pankot
To: river rat
> Such turncoats are the thread that could unravel the British Armys policy in southern Iraq.
The British Army has a long history of knowing what to do with turncoats. During the Sepoy Rebellion mutineers were tied across the front of British field cannon and blown to smithereens.
They ought to dust that old trick off in Iraq.
40 posted on
03/29/2008 4:51:58 AM PDT by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
To: river rat
It is good to get traitors out of the ranks. Now, they can be killed or jailed.
43 posted on
03/29/2008 6:44:47 AM PDT by
FreeAtlanta
(Search for Folding Project - Join FR Team 36120)
To: river rat
What? Arabs changing sides according to which way they perceive the wind to blow?
That's never happened before...
44 posted on
03/29/2008 6:59:10 AM PDT by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: river rat
Some journalists such as CNN are playing this kind of story every hour and adding the comment that the Iraq war is disastrous.
47 posted on
03/29/2008 8:45:57 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: river rat
Now... honestly, who DIDN’T see this coming???
(Outside of the news and liberals, that is.)
54 posted on
03/29/2008 1:16:00 PM PDT by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: river rat
We know the outcome of the fighting in advance because we already defeated the British in the streets of Basra and forced them to withdraw to their base, Abu Iman told The Times.
That why the Brits had so few KIA, they didn’t fight and kill the enemy.
We had better learn from the poor example of the Brits... paying off the enemy ... paying them every month will only work until someone comes up with more money.....Iran or Saudi and lets remember the old greenback ain’t what it used to be.
Nuke Iran Now
56 posted on
03/29/2008 10:25:10 PM PDT by
TomasUSMC
( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
To: river rat
If Basra falls to Sadr's "army".......then what? It's not going to. Sadr is already making "truce" noises. I hope he doesn't get one until we've had a good round of Cowboys and Sadrists. :)
57 posted on
03/30/2008 10:59:35 PM PDT by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: river rat
Good. Now that they’ve exposed themselves, we can kill them and promote those that remained loyal and carry the fight to the enemy.
We also know where those guys lived. I’m guessing they will soon be regretting the decision to switch sides.
61 posted on
03/31/2008 3:46:14 PM PDT by
PsyOp
(Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
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