[A2J]

I thought we had secured that town. What gives?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I'm starting to wonder myself. Damn! One cannot trust the office holder in this country. We hear all the rah! rah! then suddenly we are bogged down. Troops streaming towards Baghdad-100 to 160 miles away-then bogged down. Cities captured then fighting for the cities, then capture of the bridge leading into the city.(we have either captured the city or we have not.) The office holder had better be as straightforward as is possible.

[mikegi]

I thought we had secured that town. What gives?

I think that we're bypassing towns for the most part. Kind of an island-hopping campaign. That leaves groups of Iraqi soldiers where fighting can continue for a while. Anyway, I have a problem with minute-by-minute reporting of casualties since it exaggerates individual tragedies. The media implies that each death is a failure of the military.

What's important is the success of the campaign.

[Attillathehon]

Something else is worrying me and that is the lack of refugees crossing the borders. The UN has set up refugee camps for thousands and not one single person is leaving. At the same time, I've heard reports that there thousands of Iraqi soldiers missing. Could those soldiers be hiding in private homes which would explain the lack of refugees. Also pose a serious threat to our military entering the cities.