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2004-10-22 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve White 2004-10-22 9:20:25 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Holy Shait! CNN used the word 'terrorist'!

and Boston won!

Next: Hell freezes over!

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-10-22 9:35:24 AM|| 2004-10-22 9:35:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Destroying things is what Marines do best!"

/Tigger

Posted by BH 2004-10-22 9:40:26 AM|| 2004-10-22 9:40:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 CF - Ya don't even hafta ask...

Posted by .com 2004-10-22 9:42:50 AM|| 2004-10-22 9:42:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks, BH! That was hilarious!!

Posted by docob 2004-10-22 9:45:01 AM|| 2004-10-22 9:45:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I can only assume the secondary explosions are from highly flammable baby ducks and bunnies.

Posted by SteveS 2004-10-22 10:02:57 AM|| 2004-10-22 10:02:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 But the activity in Falluja came as an influential Sunni leader -- Sheikh Fakhri al-Qasi speaking for the Al-Shura Society for the Sunni people -- warned U.S.-led forces not to conduct an offensive in the city and said such an assault would meet stiff opposition.

Enough of this BS. Send in the cavalry and cut these bastards down where they stand, one after another. Let's see just what kind of "opposition" they have to offer.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-22 10:22:09 AM|| 2004-10-22 10:22:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Sure. But first, we'll take away a lot of their dangerous toys. And a few of them along the way, just to make the point.

The goal here is to support the interim government and make elections both possible and reasonably representative. We all know we could flatten the city any time we choose to - militarily, that is, we can do it. And it's frustrating to wait and to pull back.

But keep the big game in mind. We win when signficant progress is made towards a stable, representative government in Iraq. Fallujah, annoying and dangerous as it is, is just a tactical step along the way to that goal. Battle discipline is all in these situations. We're playing for bigger stakes than just a town with tradition of generations of lawlessness, plus the outside thugs and fanatics.

Divide and conquer. It's going on now -- both the dividing and the conquering -- in Fallujah.

Posted by too true 2004-10-22 10:40:16 AM|| 2004-10-22 10:40:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Steve S. :

I can only assume the secondary explosions are from highly flammable baby ducks and bunnies

Kerry is wondering if the Goose is cooked!

Posted by BigEd 2004-10-22 3:11:59 PM|| 2004-10-22 3:11:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe wait until Nov 3, then do a little house cleanin in Falujah - enough to set up some polling spots.

Posted by Hank 2004-10-22 3:34:54 PM|| 2004-10-22 3:34:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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