The Fallujah Brigade: How the Marines are pacifying an Iraqi hot spot. (A definite should-read!)

The Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal ^ | June 1, 2004 | Brendan Miniter

[Libertarianize the GOP]

good news

[RobbyS]

Let us hope. This country is beginning to look like Mexico during the Revolution.

[Big Giant Head]

Good read! I was wondering why Falujah vanished from the headlines.

Thanks for posting this.

[Barlowmaker]

USMC LtGen Conway and MajGen Mattis and the rest of the Marines know what they're doing.

[WOSG]

Another great example of how ripped to shreds the media's credibility is.

"Before taking over in Fallujah, the Marines identified 28 individuals who were leading the insurgency in and around Fallujah. To date the Marines have killed or captured 27 of them, he said. The coalition is clearly winning."

"Now none of the mosques in Fallujah are calling for jihad, ... "
The remarkable thing about this article is that it digs underneath the facile lie that we 'reatreated' in Fallujah. In fact, the Marines decided upon what appeared to be the best of the available options, and given the lack of violence in Fallujah, and the 'lack of calls to Jihad', it may be that Fallujah is turning around in our favor. The Marines are ready to review options but it certainly makes sense to 'divide and conquer' when one can.

We are winning in Iraq and it is only the extreme media bias that prevents people from seeing that.

[WOSG]

"This country is beginning to look like Mexico during the Revolution."

You are of course talking about a country wracked by civil war and unrest, where the established government is openly mocked by rebels spouting teason and venom against what they consider a terrible 'regime' of puppets.

.... you mean of course, USA.

[Moonman62]

Before taking over in Fallujah, the Marines identified 28 individuals who were leading the insurgency in and around Fallujah. To date the Marines have killed or captured 27 of them, he said. The coalition is clearly winning.

Which explains why the story isn't being reported.

[Barlowmaker]

A smart plan well executed ping.

[JLS]

Given our discussion of the other day, I thought this thread might be of interest to you. Notice the quote below.

"Before taking over in Fallujah, the Marines identified 28 individuals who were leading the insurgency in and around Fallujah. To date the Marines have killed or captured 27 of them, he said."

[SuziQ]

In speaking with Col. Coleman it quickly became clear that many of the images of the war that trickle back through the media and reports of "cutting deals" with insurgents are often out of context.

What I'm amazed about is the number of people (even here on FR) who, knowing that the media is biased and out to get the President, STILL take what the media says as truth and get angry with trhe President and the military without trying to find out more about it!

[geopyg]

Well, where's the 28th guy? Going for reinforcements? He'll come back hating us even more. They let him slip through. It's a quagmire!!

[lonevoice]

Ping

[JLS]

Good point afterall:

1. 1 out of 28 is 3.5% a much bigger problem rate than

2. 6 out of 140,000 which is .004%.

And we know that .004% problem rate is enough to consider the who battle of Iraq or maybe the War on Terror lost.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Fallujah was the centerpiece of the lefts attempt to paint Iraq as another Vietnam. They quickly abandoned it for the prisonor abuse stories. Gee do you think 60 minutes or Dan Rather will talk about Fallujah now? Not enough bad news there for them now. It may not be perfect but its sure is not Vietnam.

Hail to the King Baby.

Hail to the King Baby.

[nutmeg]

ping

[Cap Huff]

I'm sure you'll come across this article while freeping or surfing, but I like to be the pinger of good news once in a while.

I keep thinking about number 28. I went through the alphabet, a-Z and what do you know, I believe I remember . . . .

[texasflower]

Good article.

[I. M. Trenchant]

Here is a different view of present-day Fallujah:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59053-2004May26.html

Which is right?