[EaglesUpForever]

but they want to fight. Now it's just smash mouth football

I hope he's telling the truth. I could care less if 1 million Iraqi civilians die. It would be 100% Saddam's fault, as they (in keeping with the main Islamic "religious" precept of "civilians are disposable on both sides") have chosen to use the Iraqi people as human shields.

[cincinnati65]

For all up on the industrial complex (such as it is) in this town, and beyond the civillians involved, is there any reason that this shouldn't be a greasy spot in the road at this point?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Exactly as we suspected, Saddam is using women and children as shields.

[taxcontrol]

Now it's just smash mouth football

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Well said. Now is the time of the grunt. Planes may rule the skys, tanks and artillery the country side, but now is the time for feet on the ground. Now it gets ugly.

[faithincowboys]

we should use our effing capabilities, did we spend all that money on bombs and aircraft not to use it? let's hit the MFs!! I'd rather save John and Bill than Muhammad and Khalid anyday of the week. let's get it together!!!

[anymouse]

ping

[onedoug]

We can fight and win guerilla wars.

[FBD]

WINNING BIG!

[UncleSamUSA]

Godspeed to our Brave Marines.

And unpleasant as it sounds, I hope their attitude toward the "martyrs" of Saddam who are intentionally using civilians as human shields and are posing as civilians before ambushing our toops is: "Take no prisoners".

[kesg]

"If he puts his combat forces near hospitals, schools, or anything else that uses that area to direct fire, we will engage the enemy wherever he is shooting at us. The enemy commander is responsible for any collateral damage caused by putting enemy forces near a protected site."

Exactly. If only our politicians had the courage to say the same thing.

[Little Bill]

Street fighting sucks, as any marine who was at Hue can tell you, had a couple of cousins there, nasty work.

[boris]

"'There are no cluster munitions at all. We are not supposed to be firing cluster munitions into the city,' he said."

So let me get this straight. The commanders--situated comfortably back in Washington--are denying our soldiers the tools they need to win?...What does this remind me of?...Does the name Vietnam sound familiar?--when LBJ decided the list of targets and non-targets according to some inner voice?

Bring out the cluster munitions, the bouncing betties, the suck-you-lungs-out thingies.

--Boris

[mikegi]

"If he puts his combat forces near hospitals, schools, or anything else that uses that area to direct fire, we will engage the enemy wherever he is shooting at us. The enemy commander is responsible for any collateral damage caused by putting enemy forces near a protected site."

Well, it's about damn time someone with some sense started telling the truth. Get this Col Starnes on TV and have him state this forcefully and repeatedly. The Iraqis are committing war crimes by using civilians as shields.

[sit-rep]

Relying on the right foresight of these unit team leaders(US), I hope a positive can be achieved with this urban/guerilla warfare. Our guys are tough, but this type of fighting is not popular experience. It's good for them(US Military in general), good for us as intelligent civilians who recognize the need for a strong military.

God Bless the downed, God Bless the active...

SR