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| The Green Side: Email from Dave - Jul 30, 04 |
| 2004-08-01 |
| Dear Dad - We have been very active since my last update. Fallujah remains a closed city but we have made real progress in targeting and destroying the enemy where we find him. We know that our efforts have been effective and have a significant effect on the extremists inside the city. At the same time, we have gotten better at communicating our desire to improve the lives of the average citizens should they elect to cooperate. The city remains divided. It is a lawless sanctuary for all kinds of criminal and enemy elements. It has a history of being relatively incorrigible and Iraqis from outside the city regularly tell us that "the only solution is to level the city." The history of the city and the animosity of other Iraqis toward it has cultivated a level of xenophobia that results in astounding levels of paranoia and isolationism. Today the city is dominated by three different elements. The most dangerous are the extremists who are religious ideologues. These would be your classic Islamic Terrorist who's twisted view of the world is one that cannot coexist with anyone who does not only agree with their beliefs, but who willingly submit to the severe limitations of individual freedoms that the beliefs entail. To be frank, these elements will never accept a peaceful coexistence with free people. Their rhetoric and will to enforce their extremist beliefs are mutually exclusive with anything but direct conflict. We will be fighting them until a clear winner is determined. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #4 No, this is a matter for the trial lawyers, John "Opie on Sterioids" Edwards. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-08-01 7:32:45 PM |
| #3 I hate to repeat myself But this is a matter for Law Enfocement! |
| Posted by: Buford T Justice 2004-08-01 4:13:36 PM |
| #2 "the only solution is to level the city." Pave 'paradise', put up a parking lot... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-08-01 3:17:31 PM |
| #1 Great letter. Great insights. Too bad the MSM does not publish letters like these. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-01 2:08:25 PM |