purely a tactical victory in the short term, agreed. the difference from killing zarqawi, though, is that we captured this guy alive, and information from him could seriously damage all of AQI.
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Gruss G wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > > http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20080508-1340-iraq-qaeda.html > > > > So what is the real progress then? As I understand it: > > * Al-Masri has been a militant since 1982 > * In June 2006 we killed al-Zarqawi, the last head of AQI > * AQI is responsible for a small amount of the violence > > So while it's always a good thing, it also seems like sweeping a grain > of sand off of your beach house porch: there's plenty left, and > tomorrow the sand you swept will be replaced by more sand. > > In short, how does this help solve the root cause? Seems like it's > only treating symptoms. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259916 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
