mmm, I'm not saying it's so. I'm saying it's not necessarily a ridiculous opinion. As for whether there really were bad guys in Fallujah, I don't see you producing any evidence, not even anything as weak as Al-Jazeera quoting Knight-Ridder....
Dana On 8/19/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hate gmail instant send on a typo! > > I was going to finish with: just because someone believes it does not > make it so. > > The people we are fighting in Fallujah are bad people. You know, the > kind of people who fire from the shelter of mosques. The kind of > people who hide weapons and explosives in hospitals and schools. The > kind of people that hang dead contractors from bridges and cheer. The > kind of people who hide amongst civilians. And many of the civilians > are not actually civilians, but active participants in the fighting. > Women too. > > The rest of Iraq, for the most part, do not sympathize with Fallujah > in the least bit. The Iraq military (such that it is) wants to take > much harsher action in that region, but the US has been holding them > back. > > If we hid a bomb in a lemonade cart, and blew it up in the middle of a > street, that would be terrorism. > > Unfortunately, what you are describing is just plain old war. It isn't > pretty. It never will be. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170400 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54