US Colonel in Falluja: "We will be here until the mission is accomplished"

[sabra]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7152991.stm

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According to Mr Awad, insurgent fighters in the city are now "under the control of the law".

He said there is "no resistance in Falluja".

But one man who identified himself as a member of one of the many groups that fought the Americans, said there was a sort of truce in place.

He said: "If the occupier doesn't respond to our demands, then the fight continues."

Colonel Richard Simcock, the ground commander of US forces in and around Falluja, told the BBC that while he agreed with the mayor regarding the lack of police resources, he said the city was more stable than ever before.

He said there were no plans for the Americans to withdraw from an area that had been so hard to control. "We will be here until the mission is accomplished," he said.

"The enemy hasn't given up, they are still trying, but they are failing."

[rfranklin]

1. What mission might that be?

I have yet to hear what the definition of success is for this clusterfuck.

[RC]

2. Beat me to it.

How many more on both sides are going have to die before that question is answered?

[riverdeep]

3. Well, that explains why this is called an 'endless war'.

And during the time of war, we'll just have to live with having our civil liberties cut back, in order to protect us. And a spigot of money open to the defense industry. That's really convenient how that works.

[prole_for_peace]

4. but i thought the mission was accomplished

way back in 2003. at least that is what *bush and the banner said...


*edited cause i am so tired i don't know what i am typing..

[Danger Mouse]

5. The mission? What mission?

It's almost funny...but really, it's not.
Sigh.

[Selatius]

6. The Colonel is as blind as the mission is pointless.

You can win all the battles and still lose the war. The Iraqi resistance knows pretty well that they will still remain long after the last American soldier leaves Iraq.

[MrScorpio]

7. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

[EFerrari]

8. "We have complete control of the contaminated rubble now.

God bless America!"

[tabasco]

9. AFAIK, the only country run by a Colonel was Libya.

He gave himself a promotion I believe.