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Dept. of Missing The Point
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Now, for the interesting military stuff:
How we dismantled Sadr's militia
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I suppose reveling in this sort of news is what happens when you turn foreign policy over to the Pentagon. The article says:
- Gen. Hertling said Mahdi's Army is defeated, according the Army's doctrinal definition of defeat. A few stragglers might be able to fire a rocket-propelled grenade, he said, but noted: "Do they have the capability of launching any kind of offensive operation? Absolutely not."
Meanwhile, Sadr is now the second-most popular figure in Iraq, with the approval of something like 67% of the population. He stood up to us, and walked away -- never mind the arrest warrant, or all the tanks we sent after him. So no wonder that his star is rising. He can probably stand this sort of "defeat."
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 06-23-2004 at 03:08 PM..
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