[Enterprise]

It's tough not to have the whole story, but it worries me a bit about what is happening in Fallujah. It is a time honored formula of our enemies: ask for a cease fire, we give it to them, they rest and rearm, and come at us again. I hope this is not what our military and political leaders are practicing. To me the message should be: Surrender or die. Your choice.

[Stentor]

It is a time honored formula of our enemies: ask for a cease fire, we give it to them, they rest and rearm, and come at us again.

Since it's "time honored", could you whip off four or five examples for me. Thanking you in advance.

[bluejean]

"It is a time honored formula of our enemies: ask for a cease fire, we give it to them, they rest and rearm, and come at us again."

The PLO, Hamas, etc. have used this tactic successfully for quite some time now. Israel knows this and continually has to bow to it due to outrageous political pressure, even from the U.S.! Are we about to get our own gutful of it in Iraq? I'm so sick of seeing our government butt-kiss Arabs I could puke.