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![]() I also can't believe you are citing the 'pussification' of the American military in the situation with 135,000 troops deployed, which even Rumsfeld himself has called "an unusually high level," and is far more than was expected or projected to be required to contain the situation. What, if anything, this could say other than that we committed the classic and dire mistake of underestimating the enemy, I can't imagine. I also can't imagine what color of ultramasculine tactical undergarments you would have us wear that would make less of our boys die or win more 'hearts and minds' of Iraqis. I'm not sure how much more butch you can get than tanks full of Marines. Perhaps we should just cut our losses and revert to the old classic "NUKE IRAQ" strategy?
You're getting warmer. In no way am I saying our troops are pussies--I am implying that their hands are tied when maybe they ought not to be. Take that anyway you want to. Last edited by Haole : 10-04-04 at 07:47 AM. |
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![]() Apparently I'm not very good at taking intentionally vague things the way I want to. How exactly are our hands tied tactically? Is it along the lines that we can't bomb Fallujah into a pile of rubble and corpses, or are we envisioning something more like the helicopter gunner from Full Metal Jacket yelling "get you some" as he indiscriminately mows down fleeing gooks?
As far as I'm concerned it's a damned good thing we see our hands as tied, it shows we have at least a marginal respect for life, can make an at least marginal distinction that all Iraqis are not 'the enemy' and it makes us look like some of us might actually believe we are there to give them something better than they had. |
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![]() The whole Falluja shit started when those american soldiers decided to make use of a girl school as their stronghold in the city. By doing so, the army totally insulted (even if they were clueless about it) the population of Falluja. Then protester started to march on the streets and some of em got shot down by the army thus leading to more daily massacre. The killing of those 4 contractors escalated the violence into new hights because the way it was done reminds me of what happened in Somalia 10 years ago. If that batallion just had the decency to have appologised to the citizen of Falluja for occupying a girl school and moved elsewhere to established their coumpound, this shit prolly would never happened. To recap this hold situation 1) american troops enter Falluja, occupy a school, protest occurs because they fell insulted about one of their school being occupied. 2) Because they protest and some of the protesters have weapond, the american shoots at them ank kill 13 of them. How does ppl think the Falluja citizens will respond in the eyes of such disrespect coming from ''The liberators of Iraq?'' Violence only brings more violence and it's a good thing that their hands are loosly tied. |
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Everyone feel more secure now? I know the Iraqis probably do. Quote:
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![]() soon rummy and the pnac neocons will start blaming iran and syria for the insurgent terror.
north korea is still ready to distract us as well if things get too bad in iraq. |
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