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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (1539)4/30/2004 8:59:00 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
AN OPTIMISTIC FALLUJA SCENARIO [Rich Lowry]

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“Another perspective:

Two most likely outcomes:

1. The Sunni Fallujan Iraqis making up the security force, along with Marine support, gain control of the city. By definition, since they will be facing terrorists, gaining control means disarming/killing/capturing the insurrgents. The big bonus here is that this proves the Iraqis can take responsibility for themselves, making the June 30 handover of limited sovereignity doable.

2. The Sunni Fallujan Iraqis making up the security force, along with Marine support, for whatever reason, do not gain control of the city. At that juncture, the siege is reinstated, and since negotiations have been proven futile, the Marines gain control of Falluja by disarming/killing/capturing the terrorists. The big bonus here is that any remaining terrorists will take the lesson that forming into large groups is disasterous which degrades their combat capabilities severely and the June 30 handover of limited sovereignity doable.

I don't think Marine Commanders will allow their men to have died in vain as you seem to. Let's see how it plays out and whom is proven right.”
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