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Originally posted by QRQ 30
If the traffic is backed up to Kuwait or Syria or Turkey SO WHAT??
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A perfect example. I'm sure that the commanders on the ground, if they did not fear political repercussions, would prefer to shut all traffic in and out of the city down. But that would be inhumane
, and would make the Iraqis angry, and the news would produce lots of human interest stories about how Abdul can't bring his tomatoes to market while people are hungry b/c the big mean Marines have shut down the roads. Unfortunately, since we've taken on to win a popularity contest among the Iraqi people, we won't do that kind of thing. I'd bet my last dollar that almost every Marine on the ground there would love nothing more than to bring fire and destruction down on Fallujah. Their restraint, in this example and others I have to believe, is a result of the overall policy.
I agree with you NDD. But do you see the need to change the context of the discussion? To reforge our policy on the anvil of self-interest?