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2004-11-08 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Tibor 2004-11-08 12:04:31 PM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Change in tactics from the first time. The road west was closed first. Then we attack the problem areas in the north. As the enemy retreats south and east, they're forced into increasingly hostile neighborhoods and into much more open country.

Meat, meet grinder.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-08 12:19:36 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-11-08 12:19:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 May God look out for the saftey of our soldiers and their Iraqi Army partners in this battle.

This one is long overdue.

Posted by tbyrnes 2004-11-08 12:33:07 PM|| 2004-11-08 12:33:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Lets get the Golden Arches set up at that hospitol ASAP. The guys will need some super size and a little Main St USA to cool down.

Posted by Lucky 2004-11-08 12:39:28 PM|| 2004-11-08 12:39:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if the name is suggestive of the approach to the battle

Nope, that would violate OPSEC. "Phantom" most likely was just next on a list of names to be used in a operation, "Fury" part most likely just because it was a offensive operation.

Posted by Steve 2004-11-08 12:47:02 PM|| 2004-11-08 12:47:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 There is absolutely no reason why we should subject our troops to this type of urban warfare! Warn the women, children, bunnies, and baby ducks to flee for their lives; close the circle, 'phalanx' the perimeter and then pull back for an assualt with 10 precision targeted MOAB drops! We tax payers payed for their developement and deployment; let the troops watch from a distance; cheer (like at Nagasaki & Hiroshima) and save as many of our sons and fathers to fight another day or perhaps come home!!

Posted by smn 2004-11-08 12:49:07 PM|| 2004-11-08 12:49:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I kinda feel the same way about MOABing. No need to let that grid stay. It will just fill up again. Best to salt it and let a new berg take it's place. Built to spec only. Not a bedouin ghetto. Keep the rift raft out. It's a prudent move.

Posted by Lucky 2004-11-08 12:59:20 PM|| 2004-11-08 12:59:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm with you in spirit, smn & Lucky, but that's not the winning combination this time. Short of nuking the place, the only way to make sure the targets are eliminated is to go in and dig 'em out, one at a time. You use tanks, artillery, shoulder-fired weapons to break up hard points, you dig 'em out, and you kill 'em. These people have had since February to reinforce their bunkers and fighting positions. It's not going to be easy, but the Marines will get the job done. When they're through, they need to drag all the dead bodies out into a cleared field, dump some #2 diesel on 'em, and light it off. Nobody gets a "lock of hair", or a fingernail, or anything else - they're toast. No martyrdom, no funeral, no second chance to stir up emotions. If you do it once, the rest of the bunch is less likely to want to be the recipient the second time. If you catch any live ones, hang 'em from that same bridge, after you've squeezed them of every drop of information you can. We really NEED to be Genghis Kahn with this load of peanut-brains - it's the only thing they understand. Let those who still want to fight that the 'good-guy, nice way of fighting' is a thing of the past. Let the entire world know that we will do whatever it takes to win, including engaging in 'scorched earth' Mongol-style tactics. Let them - and the entire world - know that we have two sides, a good-guy side, and a 'you don't want to go there' side. That way, they have a choice.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-11-08 1:46:48 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-11-08 1:46:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 To the good guys:

Kick ass, take names (for the intel), and get back safely. Godspeed.

Posted by Xbalanke 2004-11-08 2:08:08 PM|| 2004-11-08 2:08:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey, OP, remember we've got some real Mongols lying around. Turn the cleanup over to the Mongols and Koreans, and of course, the Gurkhas.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-11-08 2:40:12 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-11-08 2:40:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Phantoms of the night.................

Posted by Bill Nelson 2004-11-08 2:42:37 PM|| 2004-11-08 2:42:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Good luck, good hunting, and come home safe.

Posted by Mike 2004-11-08 2:52:36 PM|| 2004-11-08 2:52:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Chuck, we have a bunch of guys in uniform that can play Mongel with the best of them. Just turn them loose, tell them the rule-book was burned, and it's time to hunt rats. They'll do the rest. The biggest problem our military has in fighting wars today are all the idiotic rules the people safe at home keep heaping upon them. It makes it hard to do what HAS to be done.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-11-08 4:16:57 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-11-08 4:16:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Thx Op. You do have a way in bitch slaping a guy back from frothing nonsense:)

Posted by Lucky 2004-11-08 4:57:17 PM|| 2004-11-08 4:57:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I thought Phantom Fury was an acknowledgement of the contribution of Naval Aviation to the conquest of Iraq.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-08 5:02:50 PM|| 2004-11-08 5:02:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 No Mrs. D that would be F4 Friday.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-08 6:13:42 PM|| 2004-11-08 6:13:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 And yes I forgot about Gods own Fury.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-08 6:16:42 PM|| 2004-11-08 6:16:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 'Old Patriot' you deserve atleast one "Star" on your broad shoulders!

Posted by smn 2004-11-08 8:04:17 PM|| 2004-11-08 8:04:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 From what the embedded CNN loons have been saying, the marines are coming in from the north, and the army is dug in to the south of Fallujah. There ain't nowhere to run!!! Ha!!

Posted by Rafael 2004-11-08 8:33:06 PM|| 2004-11-08 8:33:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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