Scott Ritter: Squeezing jello in Iraq.

[reprehensor]

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Fighting is expected to continue for a few more days, but US commanders are confident that Falluja will soon be under US control, paving the way for the establishment of order necessary for nation-wide elections currently scheduled for January 2005.

But will it? American military planners expected to face thousands of Iraqi resistance fighters in the streets of Falluja, not the hundreds they are currently fighting. They expected to roll up the network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his foreign Islamic militants, and yet to date have found no top-tier leaders from that organization. As American forces surge into Falluja, Iraqi fighters are mounting extensive attacks throughout the rest of Iraq.

Far from facing off in a decisive battle against the resistance fighters, it seems the more Americans squeeze Falluja, the more the violence explodes elsewhere. It is exercises in futility, akin to squeezing jello. The more you try to get a grasp on the problem, the more it slips through your fingers.

This kind of war, while frustrating for the American soldiers and marines who wage it, is exactly the struggle envisioned by the Iraqi resistance. They know they cannot stand toe-to-toe with the world's most powerful military and expect to win.

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[BlueMinded]

1. What else did they expect.....

the shrub and his cronies will never learn.

[DinahMoeHum]

2. or as Lawrence of Arabia once said - "eating soup with a knife".

:evilfrown:

[madrchsod]

3. although he may not be aware of what is happening

isn`t this what Saddam really had in mind-suck the us into the cities? i see why the Battle of Stalingrad fascinated Saddam

[izzie]

4. I do think this has been done before. Why didn't our DOD know

These bright men just can not be this thick, Every one said this would happen before the war but for the 10 people Bush wanted to say he was right. I do not think Bush has a very open mind but I bet his father told him. I guess when you know your right you just are like a bull in the china store. I hope some of these Republicans will wake up before Bush pulls the whole country down. I can not think of a thing this man has done that has worked right but the tax cut to people with millions. Now that worked for those people.

[shrike]

7. I'm afraid they can

Be that thick, that is. Then again, maybe this is all faith-based military strategy. Read "Baghdad Year Zero" (Harpers, Naomi Klein) and you'll see how well faith-based economics worked in Iraq.

[rkc3]

5. Does the absence of al-Zarqawi lend credence to the idea that he's

a myth perpetrated by the military/intelligence to justify our presence in Iraq?

[74dodgedart]

6. They can't keep the "Green Zone" secure. How can they keep Fallujah secure

[HuckleB]

8. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Our occupation is nothing more than a repeat of past occupations of the area. Anyone who read the history of Iraq knew how many times we would have to "reconquer" every city over and over again for all of time.

[teryang]

9. Your child, parent, sibling's death or injury acceptable

...to the war profiteers.

Just as you shall not have access to the courts for redress of injury as that might inconvenience the corporations' bottom line.