chumpface
07-07-2004, 06:45 PM
Falluja Pullout Left Haven of Insurgents, Officials Say
By DEXTER FILKINS
Published: July 8, 2004
AMP FALLUJA, Iraq, July 6 - American and Iraqi officials say that a decision in April to pull back American forces from Falluja inadvertently created a safe haven for terrorists and insurgents there. But officials are reluctant to send American troops back into the city for fear of touching off another uprising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/08/international/middleeast/08fall.html?hp
--And another impossible catch 22, courtesy of this senseless war. People are loathe to compare Iraq to Vietnam, but they are very similar in a key way: They're both wars fought with one hands tied behind our back. Any war you have to fight with one hand tied your back is a war you shouldn't fight.
By DEXTER FILKINS
Published: July 8, 2004
AMP FALLUJA, Iraq, July 6 - American and Iraqi officials say that a decision in April to pull back American forces from Falluja inadvertently created a safe haven for terrorists and insurgents there. But officials are reluctant to send American troops back into the city for fear of touching off another uprising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/08/international/middleeast/08fall.html?hp
--And another impossible catch 22, courtesy of this senseless war. People are loathe to compare Iraq to Vietnam, but they are very similar in a key way: They're both wars fought with one hands tied behind our back. Any war you have to fight with one hand tied your back is a war you shouldn't fight.