Who gave order to wait until after the 2004 election to attack Fallujah?

[KansDem]

This documentary describes the US use of phosphorus bombs on the citizens of Fallujah:

http://www.rainews24.rai.it/ran24/inchiesta/video/fallujah_ING.wmv

Toward the end of the documentary, the question was asked if the US waited until after the 2004 election to attack Fallujah. One of the ex-Marines interviewed indicated that this was true. They waited until after the election results to invade. It sounded as if invasion/attack plans were "on hold" and the officers were anxious to invade and didn't want another Bush v Gore showdown. Upon learning of the "official" results, the US instantly attacked.

My question: who would have given the order to hold off until after the election results were "official?" Rumsfeld? Cheney? Bush? Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Who would have given the initial order?

[Catamount]

1. My guess is Cheney!

[hippiechick]

2. It has to come from Bush, thru the Joint Chiefs, doesn't it ?

I mean, he's the Commander in Chief ... cough, cough.

:shrug:

[KansDem]

5. In theory...

But who knows with this cabal of thugs and cutthroats? :shrug:

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Whoever put troops in harm's way

and kept them there for political reasons should be hung.

[Bethany Rockafella]

4. The person that is running everything....

Dick Cheney.

[xxqqqzme]

9. that'a my vote as well.

ALL intelligence goes throuh unca dick FIRST. He briefs *. * does NOTHING until unca dick tells him what 2 do.

[the other one]

6. Faluja was the getaway car for the stolen election

Shift the attention quickly, and then accuse anyone who questioned the election of not supporting our troops. Kerry conceded because he knew that if he questioned the election he would have been destroyed because of the troops he was endangering in faluja (according to some)

[shraby]

7. I agree, it was a smoke screen in case Kerry

contested the election.

[LibertyorDeath]

8. Rumsfeld

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with the help of his high command.
Who was the MF that said in regard to civilian losses in Iraq

"If you don't like seeing women and children being shot change the channel"

Some Fascist pig General his name escapes me now but he said it on CBS News

[politicaholic]

10. They wanted a glorious victory to secure Bu$h's "mandate"...

the white phosphorus sort of took the whole "glory" part out of the equation.