As much as I hate the NY Slimes, I stil wonder that once Fallujah is cleared of terrorists, how long will it stay cleared? Once we pull back and the rebuliding begins, will the terrorists move right back in?
So we kill them until they don't want to return. We did it to the Germans and Japanese. They got tired of dying.
Yes, some will move right back in and there will be some new recruits. But only "some" because some are now deceased, and others,including potential new recruits, are now thinking: "Things weren't too bad when we owned this place, but do I really want to stand up to the US military and go to heaven right now?" Some will answer the question with a "yes", and then the process of "smoke 'em out, get 'em runnin', and bring 'em to justice" will continue over and over until their numbers decline and the Iraqi forces slowly take over the process of "smoking 'em ..." Won't this all take a long time? Yes.