We are just pushing them against the anvil... It's a broad attack against the entire southern front." - Col. Michael Formica, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Brigade.
MSNBC reports that the entire city of Fallujah has been occupied, after six days of fighting, at a cost of 31 American and six Iraqi lives, according to Lt. Gen. John Sattler, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
This, of course, is vaguely reminiscent of the Battle for Baghdad in April 2003, which, despite preemptive cries of "quagmire," was over almost before it started, even with a three-day standstill for a sandstorm.
Do a Google search for "war in iraq," and you'll get over 15 million results. But even though people get very huffy when the phrase "mission accomplished" is tossed around, it seems to me that the actual "war" phase of the War in Iraq is indeed over, and has been for quite some time. Aren't we more in a police action / occupation stage at this point? There's a difference.
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Ok...just linked over. Btw, veggie here. Are you sure the war is over? It seems to me, as long as there is violent opposition, then we are still at war. Besides, this is part of the supposed war on terror, which according to Bush, is an ongoing war. I would accept it alot better if people were just to admit that the war is not over, not by a long shot. The whole mission accomplished thing was stupid. I remember how those who supported the war stupidly tried to rub the noses of those were opposed to it right after the whole fighter jet on the carrier/mission accomplished thing. Funny, I don't hear them gloating now.
ReplyDeleteI meant "war" in the traditional sense of the word. Surely you'd have to concede that there's a big difference between tank divisions storming northwest from Kuwait and quelling pockets of resistance.
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