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To: Elroy who wrote (220652)	2/24/2007 4:40:03 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think that's too simplistic. Say the US didn't use 'kid gloves' in Iraq. What do you do when a roadside bomb blows up a tank - destroy the entire neighborhood? The problem is not soft handed application of force, it's identifying the bad guys. This is true. But think how much easier the Marine captain's job would be if he could worry only about the reactions of the local Iraqis, instead of having to worry how the BBC was going to write him up as a bloody-handed war criminal.