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2004-09-13 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-13 03:55|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You have to love al Beeb. They used to use quote marks around the word "terrorist". Now they're using quote marks around the word "militant". Soon, they'll be calling these guys social reformers, without the quote marks.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-13 10:15:19 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-13 10:15:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 After that, "liberals"?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-09-13 10:52:48 AM|| 2004-09-13 10:52:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "progressives"

Posted by Frank G 2004-09-13 10:57:34 AM|| 2004-09-13 10:57:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Re: militants ...

http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2066

Posted by doc 2004-09-13 11:07:01 AM|| 2004-09-13 11:07:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 If we are only killing 15 terrorists a day it will take months, maybe years to clean up Fallujah.

However, if we are simply softening up Fallujah for a winter offensive, this one strike a day strategy makes sense.

Posted by mhw 2004-09-13 11:33:27 AM|| 2004-09-13 11:33:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Beeb "scare quotes" always reminds me of "kiddies" who just "learned" a "new" punctuation "mark" and "can't get enough" of it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous6417 2004-09-13 11:33:50 AM|| 2004-09-13 11:33:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 mhw, do you really believe the enemy death numbers reported by the Dan Rather wannabe media? They're irrelevant. Our casualties are what count. When they go down, we've done better. When they go up, we need to do better.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-09-13 11:40:35 AM|| 2004-09-13 11:40:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Mrs Davis,

Yes its true that 15 is somebody else's number. Of course some of the people we take out are either civilians loosely affiliated with the terrorists or part time terrorists. Some of the real terrorist bodies never make it to the morgue. I figure these two about cancel each other out.

Its also true that the American causalties are an important number and the fewer the better. However, we can't have a purely loss minimization strategy. Such a strategy leaves Fallujah in terrorist hands for a long, long time.

Posted by mhw 2004-09-13 11:59:14 AM|| 2004-09-13 11:59:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 "journalists"

Posted by ex-lib 2004-09-13 12:43:19 PM|| 2004-09-13 12:43:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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