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2005-09-19 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-19 02:56|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I find it disturbing that there are still mortars being lobbed into the Green Zone. The GZ is a good distance away from the rest of the city, surrounded on two sides by river, and the buildings in it are dispersed. This means that there should be only a tight zone in which a mortar could be fired and land near anything.

A small number of snipers placed in buildings in this tight zone should easily be able to wipe out anyone attempting to use a mortar, even if it is fired from a vehicle.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-19 10:07|| 2005-09-19 10:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Have you ever been in the military, Anymoose? You can set up and fire a mortar in as little as three minutes, with training. Accuracy may be another thing, but with something as big as the Green Zone, it's hard to miss. Also, you can't watch everywhere at once.

A guerilla "insurgency" such as this one can pop off a few rounds, but look at how little damage they're doing. It's purely for propaganda purposes, and Cordsman knows it. Effective military action is impossible for Zarqawi, so all he has left is symbolic acts and killing the innocent.

As for "victory", each day we stay is a victory. Each day brings Iraq closer to being able to defend itself, to manage its own internal affairs. Each day brings greater economic stability, political stability, and freedom to the individual people. They're growing to enjoy that freedom, and are developing the will to fight to retain it. That is victory. Zarqawi can kill, but he can't win.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-09-19 20:35|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-09-19 20:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Any moron can kill civilians. New York City loses about 600 people to untrained killers every year. There is nothing that the police can do to stop them. They can go after these people after the fact, but they can't prevent them from happening. If each of these murderers strapped a bomb belt to his waist, the total death tally would be in the thousands. Fact is that there is nothing particularly conceptually difficult about fighting the Iraqi insurgency - it's all about killing or capturing the murderers one by one until they're all out of commission.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-19 23:30|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-19 23:30|| Front Page Top

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