[dennis1x]

cant believe that these idiots dont know that there only hope for making this difficult is to bunker down in Baghdad??

heres hoping for column after column peaking out of their holes.

[tiki]

That's what I was thinking, move all the troops back south and just wait for the Iraqis to "Come and get some"

[Mike Darancette]

heres hoping for column after column peaking out of their holes.

As Sgt. Alvin York said to the Germans that kept their heads down. "Gobble Gobble Gobble".

[Leatherneck_MT]

My opinion (for what it's worth) is to sit and consolidate what we've gained so far and wait. Eventually it will unnerve Saddam so much he will try a broad attack on our forces to drive us into the sea. THAT is what we want. All of this skullduggery about poking around in towns is horsepoop. Coax them into the open and then kill every last man of them.

Semper Fi

[Humbug]

"cant believe that these idiots dont know that there only hope for making this difficult is to bunker down in Baghdad??"

Maybe the bombing on their positions around Baghdad was starting to have devestating effects on them, or at least was definitely getting a little too close for comfort, and so they figured they'd rather try to do something, no matter how desperate a move it might seem, rather than just sitting around and wondering whether the next bombing raid would be the one that finally killed them all off.

If this is what is happening, then obviously it's great news for us and would indicate that the end game is in sight.

[Let's Roll]

You keep thinking this must be a trick. Why would they ever come out in the open?