[Domangart]

Then they dig their own grave.

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[faithincowboys]

Apparently, we're supposed to weep for their dead-- it's too late for that now. If they don't want collateral damage, they should stop aiding the a-holes of Fallujah.

[Sabatier]

..."They insurgents usually fire and run. This time they're digging in, which is the first time we've seen them do that,"
Ebert said...

That would be because they are surrounded by Marines and there is no place to run to other than hell.

[Robert Drobot]

Give the families of Fallujah 48 hours to leave the town. Inspect those leaving for weapons, and then level the place as a warning to those who want to burn, kill, or harm in any way the presence of American military in other sections of Iraq and the Arab world generally.

I am sick and tired of seeing our military getting their ass kicked, because American politicians don't want to admit that real war means civilian deaths.

Remember the devastation of England by Germany V2 rockets? There was indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets. Remember the annihilation of Dresden, Germany - a civilian population almost wiped off the map because of day and night bombing by American and British forces?

The whole idea of a 'civil' war is absurd on its face. We started it with our financing the war crimes trials of Yugoslavia's elected politicians. The trials have proven to be a world class joke. There can be no such thing as a 'civil' war, because war is a kill or be killed proposition. The guy with the biggest club wins. How he wins is akin to second guessing how a club may be used. As nearly as possible, civilian populations are immune to military force. However, where, as in the present case, a civilian population supports and hides an armed force, that population must be held responsible for the consequences of their active role in protecting our enemy.

Burn Fallujah to the ground. It is an enemy stronghold, protected by local civilians. American patrols are easy game. Procrastination of this end result is unacceptable.

[Tredge]

U.S. forces called out a weapon rarely used against the Iraqi guerrillas: the AC-130 gunship, a warplane that circles over a target, laying down a devastating barrage of heavy machine-gun fire.

They mis-describe the AC-130. The heavy machine gun fire is the least of their problems if they ever come out of their holes. Even if they don't it'll dig a nice deep one for them. They ought to dig for oil with that thing.

[Caipirabob]

"Commader: Set guns to Frappe..."

[Stultis]

Yesterday evening, U.S. planes firing rockets destroyed four houses in two neighborhoods, witnesses said. The strike killed 26 Iraqis, including women and children,

This would be devastating to America's reputation in the Islamic/Arab world IF Al Jazeera and other "mainstream" Arab media outlets had not been screeching and ranting at full volume since October '01 over hyped, slanted or entirely delusional "crusader" atrocities. Since they're already at "10" they can't turn the volume up any more!

Having been damned even if we "don't," there's no sense now in foolish restraint. I'm not saying, of course, that civilians should be targeted, but only that, in Fallujah, if so much as one bullet flies out of a house aimed at our troops, we should send one bomb crashing in. Move down the street and repeat.

[North Coast Conservative]

In God We Trust…..Semper Fi!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Bump for the NY Post and their headline writers!

Ooh rah!

A bit more detail:

8 Marines Advance North Into Fallujah ~  AP, Fox News | 4/07/04 | Bret Baier, Steve Centanni and AP

[dalebert]

Love your headline.

[eyespysomething]

Tanks pounded shell after shell into houses, while troops on the city's edge crawled forward on their bellies, firing on guerrillas.

God bless our troops and give them, and our country, the strength to see this Sadr battle through to the end.