Hey Rokke! Good to see you again! So what say you on this one. Personally, I would have preferred the original, and rather violent, cordon and search operation. If it be violent, it best be over with. However, I have also read that we are further along in Fallujah than is generally acknowledged. So, at this stage of the game, do you think Bush made the right call? Comments?
Be Seeing You,
Chris
In as much as Bush listened to his tactical commanders in the field and approved their gameplan, yes, I believe he made the right call. If folks would just sit back for a second and try to imagine the array of intelligence gathering equipment we've got working over Fallujah right now, they might get a better feel for how and why decisions are being made like they are. We are very well tuned in to what's going on in the bowels of the city. For the most part we know who is there, who isn't there, where they are and what they're doing. The Marines are the world's greatest experts at achieving a military objective through unconventional means. They are defeating an enemy comprised of everything from 18 year old idiots from upperclass families in foreign countries, to former regime members looking to force a rewrite of the Kay report. This isn't a Napolianic war of attrition. This is guerrilla warfare in the 21st Century. We can try to fight it using WWII urban warfare technics, or we can move beyond Stalingrad and kill the enemy with tools that make James Bond look like a caveman.