They're not terrorists. They are the Mahdi army; they shiites who want us out and are fighting the government that doesn't represent them. the major reason why any success of the surge can be claimed is that they were under a cease fire since last summer. well, they got tired of being shot at, but not being able to shoot back. so their game is back on.
we haven't pulled out yet, don't get your hopes up.
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Originally Posted by AndyMarquisLIVE  Wasn't there a scheduled pullout of U.S. soldiers about this point of time? I heard the other day they're stopping some sort of pullout of some 50,000-100,000 forces or something.
In other words, the terrorists are making a stand when we pullout.
What I'm trying to say, forestool, is that we should stay until we've ridden Iraq of these terrorists so we can safely pullout. The Generals have been saying for YEARS, that if we pullout troops on a schedule, the terrorists will accelerate activities. |