A Tar Baby Named Fallujah

by pessimist

Those old enough to remember the Uncle Remus stories remember the Tar Baby tale. For those of you not old enough, think of the glue traps for rodents.

According to a secret report acquired by The New York Times [Sorry - no link from my source], the Marines are admitting that they are stuck in Fallujah.

US intelligence issue pessimistic report on Fallujah offensive

Marine intelligence officials have issued a report warning that any significant withdrawal of troops from the Iraqi city of Fallujah would strengthen the insurgency.

The assessment, distributed to senior Marine and Army officers in Iraq, also said that despite the heavy fighting with coalition forces, the insurgents would continue to increase in number, carrying out attacks and fomenting unrest in the area.

A Mighty Gen'rul Be Our George!

One officer said the seven-page classified report -- parts of which were provided to Thursday's edition of The New York Times -- was "brutally honest" and appears to contradict the US government's victorious account of the US-led fight against insurgents in Fallujah and other parts of northern Iraq.

Although the resistance crumbled in the face of the offensive, the report warned, "the enemy will be able to effectively defeat I MEF's ability to accomplish its primary objectives of developing an effective Iraqi security force and setting the conditions for successful Iraqi elections."

The pessimistic analysis was prepared by intelligence officers in the First Marine Expeditionary Force, or I MEF, last weekend as the offensive in Falluja was winding down.

So - tell me again about how we are winning in Iraq! Is this why all of our Red State Arm Chair General Staff haven't rushed down to the recruiters to become one of Unca Dick's freebooters?

Our local Viacom-owned independent station (KCAL for you Angelinos) reported that military wives are getting very restless about this Crusade For Oil. Even the Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise - a very pro-GOP paper, covered this story - on the front page.

You are losing the backing of those who would normally be supporting you, Dumbya. But we have a solution for you. Admit that Florida and Ohio were fraudulently manipulated, and we'll commute your felony conviction to life in a cage at Guantanamo. The rest get put into a military stockade where we let all of the oil war widows have at them while they stand in the stocks.

And may God have mercy on them, for the wives won't.

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