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"Looks like the bad guys have been listening to that prick from Columbia.

The first thought I had was that injured/dead troops are exactly what Peter Arnett told the Iraqi's are weakening our resolve; strengthening the anti-war movement."

There's a rumor that Saddam is passing out copies of "Black Hawk Down" and telling the troops to use it as a blueprint for attacking Coalition troops. Too bad it's not gonna work this time.

Peter "Tailwind" Arnett and his ilk are doing more to weaken this country's resolve about winning the war than any pictures of dead U.S. soldiers ever will.

A million Mogadishus will only work if the President is a fickle pathetic twerp like Clinton.

A President can take an incident like Mogadishu and do one of two things. He can either protect his own a$$, turn tail and run, or he can use it as a rallying point for the troops and the people to carry the war to the enemy. Clinton took the former path, GWB will take the latter.

The fact that the Islamakazis to do not understand this shows a blind spot in their understanding of our culture. To them, all infidels are interchangeable. Soft, weak and without resolve. They do not comprehend that underneath the layer of fat is a core of muscle, and that all American leaders are not pathetic wretches, only interested in short-term polling and the next election. But they are finding out now.

Osama and Saddam learned the lessons of the last war all too well. The use of Feyadeen and Technicals in Iraq is a direct application of the "successful" techniques employed in Somalia. But they are fighting a different enemy now. We also learned the lessons of Mogadishu and, more importantly, 9/11. It will take more than a few atrocities to turn the US population against the war. It will take more than a few news cycles of bad press to sway this President from his firm resolve. They have sowed the wind, and now they will reap the whirlwind.