11/8 Someone please explain how the Fallujah fight works. The US
army goes in, the civilians and insurgents flee, and victory
is claimed. But eventually when the civilians and insurgents
come back, they'll just do more sniping and suicide bombing.
So what's the point of attacking Fallujah in the first place?
\_ we will hunt down and fight and kill the evil-doers.
\_ Same mistake we made in Vietnam: we think that grabbing land will
somehow equal victory, but Zarqawi (sp?) and the rest of the heads
of Team Fallujah have already left. Watch out for the next
Fallujah sometime soon.
\_ Some people always escape. You don't need to kill 100% of the
enemy to render them ineffective as a fighting force. A few
kill leaders and lots of dead bodies is usually enough. Watch
out for the next Fallujah? This isn't the first city that's
been stomped on like this. How come we don't hear about all
those other cities still being terrorist havens?
\_ Wow, you're really dumb. You have no idea what
guerilla warfare entails. Get ready for your object
lesson.
\_ Yes, I do know. What exactly are your gueillas
going to eat and shoot with and hide once the world
passes them by? Do you read the Arab press? Since
they started killing Iraqi children and cops, their
support has plumeted. This is mop up. It'll go on
beyond their elections but there won't be any more
Fallujas. The political situation has changed. You
put way too much faith in a bunch of random angry
dudes with no training. I'll take the U.S. Marines
on this one.
\_ Even the marines are admitting that the bigwigs
are no longer in the city. They'll take their
support elsewhere and set up shop, and the Sunnis
will boycott the election.
\_ "Che Guevara". You can't have a revolution
without goons. -John
\_ It's a matter of whether they can permantly secure and bring
order to Fallujah and other cities with Iraqi forces. If not,
it's a lost cause.
\_ It'll be difficult to snipe while wearing bags and leashes, and
with LYNDIE keeping an eye on them.
\_ Fallujah is the symbol and HQ of the insurgents.
Naturally, if the U.S. pacifies the city and it re-erupts in
violence, that's bad!
\_ It has their FLAG, dumbass. -geordan |
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