Friday, May 20, 2005

xymphora 5/19

xymphora: "We're starting to see a pattern in the new American way of war. The assault on the town of Al Qa'im (or here or here or here) is remarkably similar to the attack on Falluja. The characteristics:


Pick an area with a significant local insurgency that can be destroyed for the purposes of teaching other areas a lesson.

Seal off the town, so the civilians can't leave."

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