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2006-12-10 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-12-10 12:56|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So the enemy do not carry weapons openly until they actually have to use them.

Meaning they are less likely to get shot, but also that they miss all sorts of targets of opportunity, and of course the entire neighborhood knows when Mahmud is in one of those moods. Much less fearsome that way, I should think. Oh, and change up the ROEs. Even a little civilian housewife like me knows that predictability is not good in a war zone.

The enemy also uses human shields more frequently. Not good. I saw the Wall Street Journal report on FoxNews last night (it's a half hour round-table show the editors do Friday evening and Sat. night or early Sun morning -- I watch when I happen across it, whenever it is), and they had on an Israeli bloke who is currently professing over here, and he said the thing that is stymieing both Israel and the US is allowing the use of human shields to shield the bad guys, when that is clearly against the Geneva Conventions. He said that until we both are willing to kill the shields, the terrorists will continue to win, both battles and hearts & minds.

The enemy has adapted, and so have the Americans, who now often use their snipers just to scare the enemy away. Bravo, gentlemen!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-10 15:47|| 2006-12-10 15:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Against the Geneva conventions? Which Iraqi groups signed on to that?

Posted by gromky 2006-12-10 16:07|| 2006-12-10 16:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Doesn't matter, gromky. The key is that the Geneva conventions don't prevent our guys from shooting or otherwise through the human shields to get to the target.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-10 19:15|| 2006-12-10 19:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Iranian and Saudi money ensures that the terrorists get good intelligence in Iraq. Again, if we play one Sect against the other, then the pacification problem is solved. Last week, the Wall Street Journal editorialized that we favor the Shiites. That is what Iran wants.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-10 19:42|| 2006-12-10 19:42|| Front Page Top

#5 He said that until we both are willing to kill the shields, the terrorists will continue to win, both battles and hearts & minds.

Which is what I've been saying all along. Those who willingly or unwillingly serve as human shields must keep on dying until terrorists have the unmistakable reputation of always getting people around them killed, not wounded, killed.

Only when there is a high risk involved in being anywhere near a terrorist will the public's attitude begin to change. Winning hearts and minds is all well and fine but dropping body temperature works just as nicely.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-10 20:01|| 2006-12-10 20:01|| Front Page Top

#6 You're right about that, Zenster, though we shouldn't target the shields, either. We should try to kill the target and regret unavoidable collateral damage.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-10 20:11|| 2006-12-10 20:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Based on Guam vets whom have been to Iraq since 2003, I'm told that the Burqua Boyz have been making use of house-to-house tunnels, plus are also manufacturing personal weapons based on anti-US, stealth or ECM-resistant tech/materials. Tis why the Army-USDOD is investing in DEEP BELOW-GROUND AREA IMAGING EQMPT, for SPACE + espec TACTICAL SYSTEMS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-10 20:51|| 2006-12-10 20:51|| Front Page Top

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