November 10, 200421 yr Associated Press surveys developments on Tuesday, including the deaths of 10 US troops in the fighting at Fallujah along with 2 Iraqi National Guardsmen. 11 troops had been killed on Monday, though the military spokesman did not give details. The US continued to bombard the city heavily, destroying buildings and the Abbasi Restaurant. A US military spokesman estimated the number of guerrillas dead as a result of the bombing and of artillery fire at 90. Fallujah hospital said that 12 civilians had been killed and 17 wounded. CNN was reporting on Tuesday afternoon that the US troops had taken about 1/3 of Fallujah, which suggests that they are meeting very heavy resistance. The fighting is much harder here than it was at Baghdad during the war! Al-Hayat Wednesday morning was saying via AFP that US troops had reached the center of the city. Al-Hayat reports that in Baqubah, guerrillas attacked two police stations, killing 25 policemen, with 4 guerrillas killed; many persons were wounded. In Mosul, guerrillas fired mortar rounds at a US base, killing two US troops. A curfew was maintained in Baghdad. In some Sunni Arab cities, government offices closed altogether. This war might turn me into a prayin' man again. I'm off to Pisgah Nat'l Forest for homecoming break. See ya'll on Sunday night.
November 10, 200421 yr Wait..I thought the mission was accomplished a year and a half ago? 612288[/snapback] I thought the mission was to remove saddam from power? Where is he by the way?
November 10, 200421 yr Wait..I thought the mission was accomplished a year and a half ago? 612288[/snapback] I thought the mission was to remove saddam from power? Where is he by the way? 612296[/snapback] so if saddam is no longer in power...why are we still there
November 10, 200421 yr Wait..I thought the mission was accomplished a year and a half ago? 612288[/snapback] I thought the mission was to remove saddam from power? Where is he by the way? 612296[/snapback] so if saddam is no longer in power...why are we still there 612307[/snapback] agree, we should just get out. too bad all the presidential candidates advocating for it got less tahn 1%
November 10, 200421 yr Are you guys insane? We should have never gone in the first place, but if you go in you cant just pull out. Thats extremely basic military knowledge. The allies occupied germany for years after hitler. If you overthrow a leader you need to stay in. The mission for those fighting the nazi's was to overthrow the nazi's in power. Then a secondary mission took place which was rebuilding germany. heres another example, the union's priority was to force the south to rejoin with the union, mission accomplished. But then the secondary task is to rebuild and restructure. Those secondary tasks usually dont go to well, especially in the early going
November 10, 200421 yr i agree, it's just my little cheap-shot to people who supported kerry based on the war.
November 10, 200421 yr i agree, it's just my little cheap-shot to people who supported kerry based on the war. 612335[/snapback] o ok
November 11, 200421 yr I do think we should have avoided this war completely, but I don't think that leaving now would accomplish anything, other than starting a civil war. Bush should at least clean up the mess that he started.
November 11, 200421 yr Did you guys hear George Bush won the election!??? 612698[/snapback] So? Whats your point?
November 11, 200421 yr Did you guys hear George Bush won the election!??? 612698[/snapback] Where have you been? :blink:
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