ErnBatavia seems to have gone bye bye. Well said. Our Intel continues to gain in effectiveness. Your point on the pontoon bridge crossing is most appropriate. I suspect based on a few dribbles of news, that the Syrians may be actually starting to capture incoming/outgoing terrorist along the border in the vacinity of these battles. I should have posted the article, but was 2pm this morning and I was ready to sign off. We obviously know at this point that quite a few may have escaped once again. They are snakes, most are not ready to receive their 72 white grapes. Those that run appear to return to their homelands a bit dis-allusioned as to what M. Zarqawi is asking of them, once they see with their own eyes how badly it goes for them each time they are caught.
I have little faith in Syria doing anything worthwhile. Syrians are not scared enought- yet. But I agree with the rest of your posts. And, like you, I figure these young troops are doing a helluva job.