>As for control of the territory -- do *we* have it? I think not. Yeah, >we crushed Fallujah. Did we crush the insurgents there? I am not sure. >Maybe they had the resources to get out. Maybe all we did was make a >lot of civilians homeless. This is all speculation of course. I don't >really know.
No, we didn't crush them, but we removed their grip on the town. >The thing that is scary is that I suspect the people running the >American side of this don't know either. > >I remember seeing some stories about a reporter from, I think the >Washington Post, who went over there with an Arabic speaker, and the >story he was getting from the Iraqi troops (on our side) was vastly >different than what was coming out through official channels. Sorry, I >don't have a link. The biggest problem right now is the lack of on the ground reporting. An old friend of mine who is a journalist (and a raving liberal who makes most people on this list look like moderates) told me that a friend of his father (also a journalist) was killed in Iraq covering the war. The insurgents are targeting journalists specifically, so most journalists never get outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, and therefore we get a very limited picture of what is going on. There are some Iraqi publications online, even some in english, if you can find them. I read a few things and found them relatively low on reporting and high on opinion, which is no better than what our media is giving us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169737 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
