[swarthyguy]

>>>The brave story of how 500 holy warriors of Allah held off the entire US military.

Bingo. It's been a month since the Americans were bbq'ed in broad daylight.

And as of yet, let alone the US flag, but the US military does not have dominance and control of Fallujah.

All the lipstick won't make this pig look good. Yes, we're grinding them down and tenderising them. But....
you have the perpeption of the Arab world down pat. The more they hold out, the more glorious they look.

Every day is a victory for the jihadis.

[oceanview]

worrying about the "arab street" is like waiting for the new york times editorial page to become conservative. they have their own reality, not tied to any real facts. no matter what happens in fallujah, they will claim to have "won". even a MOAB isn't going to change that. the insurgency in fallujah is being put down, perhaps not via the carpet bombing many would like to see, but its being done. And Al-Sadr is not succeeding in forming a broader militia, again, that is a reality even though he hasn't been MOABed to satisfy the crowd here.

[WOSG]

"Bingo. It's been a month since the Americans were bbq'ed in broad daylight. "

You do realize that the horrible mutilation of american contractors was a deliberate procovaction designed to draw US military into a trap, a trap the US military wisely chose not to fall into.

And you do realize that the Marines were planning a Fallujah operation *before* that provocation happened.

And you do realize that the Marines have from day one NOT GIVEN UP ANY OF THE KEY GOALS of trapping the terrorists and bringing them in 'dead or alive'.

And you do realize that NO MATTER WHAT THE REALITY IS, the "Baghdad Bob" Arab press will invent a fantasy to make the US look bad (too soft, too hard