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2004-10-30 Iraq-Jordan

Marines awaiting orders to attack Fallujah

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-10-30 12:12:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "We have no choice -- it is either victory or martyrdom."

Hate to break it to ya there Habib, but the first one is no longer an option.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-10-30 2:28:23 AM|| 2004-10-30 2:28:23 AM|| Front Page Top

U.S. Marines; "OR ELSE WHAT!?"

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-30 3:15:12 AM|| 2004-10-30 3:15:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Or else we'll whine and cry and hide like girlie men from the asshat seeking bombs and evil Marines who are such scum they actually aim for our brave holy warrior's heads and chests, killing them when they shoot them. And they don't run away either...these Marines. Don't they know our brave chest thumping and girlish wails are supposed to make them flee in terror? Instead, like when Abdullah was standing up and fiercing firing his rifle into the air and praising Allah, they shot him in the head, it was horrible. How dare these American Marines actually /fight/.

Waaahhhh, we're going to tell our Mommy!

Posted by Silentbrick 2004-10-30 3:41:27 AM|| 2004-10-30 3:41:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Allawi favors the "peaceful solution," Ali said,..

One thing Allawi should understand - a "peaceful solution" is only a possibility if the threat of force, namely, overwhelming force, is present and that total, unquestionable defeat is in the cards if the enemy makes the wrong choice. If this cleanup is allowed to proceed in Fallujah, logic says that future problems of a similar nature won't be as difficult to resolve; there will have been set a precedent that shows just what happens when rebels insist on continuing to fight.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-30 5:30:50 PM|| 2004-10-30 5:30:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 At bottom Allawi is just another Arab. They don't have the stones to face the enemy in a do or die battle. Concepts like utter destruction and unconditional surender are foreign to them. I'd bet the Marines don't get to finish the job unless they do it in les than 4 days..

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-30 6:04:49 PM|| 2004-10-30 6:04:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think you're right Mrs. D. Please be wrong.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-30 6:17:09 PM|| 2004-10-30 6:17:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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