The Battle for Fallujah

There are a lot of dry mouths, watery bowels and heads bowed in prayer in Iraq as 12,000 soldiers prepare to battle in Fallujah. Men will die, women will weep and the left wing will still fail to get the message that a democracy in the Middle East is an answer to the question they can’t fathom. The Australian quotes in full a Sunday Telegraph piece by Hala Jabah where Hala touches on the enemy Order of Battle (ORBAT) that includes # 5000 rebel fightersTerrorists # 300 foreign fighters terrorists volunteers for suicide bombings # 118 vehicles already rigged with explosives, and # Homes and narrow lanes booby trapped. Another bad day at the office for the troops about to enter Fallujah but they know their stuff and have been through it before. They will prevail and the terrroists will weaken further Over at Greenside a Marine pens an email home. It’s worth the time to read in it’s entirety but to quote just a paragraph..

If we build a school or clinic, they destroy it. They would rather deny medical care or education for the children of the citizens who live nearby than to have any symbol of the West in general and America specifically among them. It is hard to comprehend. Frankly, we are done trying. For eight months, we have been on our chain.

The chain has been let loose. Go for it guys.