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11/10 So, er, can anyone explain why we gave the Fallujah rebels so much
advance warning about what we were going to do?
\_ To prevent civilian casualties. The goal was not to destroy the
rebels/terrorists, but to control the city. It makes it possible
to conduct the vote in January. Rebs/terrs in the urban areas are
the cause to most of the Coalition's headaches. The civies will
return and the US will pump in money and fix up the city. Hearts
and minds.
\_ look at Grozny
\_ Come out or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
\_ US lacks stealth anyway. We can't even do a small raid without
the insurgents getting tipped off, let alone a massive operation
like Falluja.
\_ That's the cowboy style, seriously. Wasn't that how we fought the
war in Vietnam? |
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