----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:55 PM Subject: Re: Collected thoughs on Iraq
> At 02:38 PM 4/27/04, Dan Minette wrote in part: > > >...snip... > > > > > >Further, with mosques, schools, and hospitals being used as bases, we will > >have the horrid choice of either going after these buildings, or letting > >them stand as bases for the insurgents. This is especially true with the > >Shrine of Ali in Najaf. I agree that the rules of war allow for attacks on > >mosques if they are used for military purposes, but I think it highly > >likely that we would be blamed for any damage. > > > >This is a classic double bind, which has always been one of my nightmare > >situations. > > > > So what do you think now that our troops have returned fire when someone > was firing at them from a minaret? I betcha reports of "Clear evidence that the US is anti-Islam" will be made from this occurance. If not on Al-Jazeera, then at least by word of mouth. At the same time, I don't think we could have done much else. We cannot give gunmen multiple sites from which they can shoot at our troops. But, at the holiest sites, I think we have no choice the other way. We damage the main shrine, and we lose most of the population. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
