Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (48381)	4/11/2004 1:57:31 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

THC, speaking for Maurice and myself, surely Debka is being alarmist. Surely Iraq is not a Vietnam on Internet time. Surely there will not be helicopters flying from rooftops anytime soon, and then get ditched in the ocean. The war was over and done with a while ago, was my understanding, and what is happening now is a few thugs unsupported by the majority or even any sizeable minority, the dead-enders, trying to prevent oil price from reaching for Maurice's USD 2/barrel target. J

To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (48381)	4/11/2004 6:32:18 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

THC, framing this a 'war' is long gone. It is all now about the backroom deals that left some potential leaders out. It is the equivalent of a politica campaign.

To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (48381)	4/11/2004 10:32:34 AM
From: ig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Debka is ridiculous. Here's a better analysis: "If you peer through the fog and deliberate obfuscation, and put all the pieces together, it turns out that what really happened in Falluja was that the Marine commander halted offensive operations there for 24 hours, in part to let certain panicked members of the Governing Council try to talk sense into the militants, in part to let a third battalion of Marines come up in support, but mostly in order to let a lot of civilians leave the city. The offer that got delivered to the insurgents was a surrender demand: All insurgents, and especially all foreign jihadis, would have to peacefully yield themselves to the Marines and go into custody. "...the Marines will go back on the offensive soon and will complete the process of crushing the insurgency there. "America wasn't begging for mercy from the insurgents; it was offering them mercy. They were given a chance to surrender. If they don't take it, the Marines will kill most of them and take the rest prisoner." denbeste.nu