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2007-01-17 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Me like. A Kurdish occupation of the capital for some time might work out real fine. Only negative in all this is that this is the MOST telegraphed operation we've had - which is saying something, unfortunately - and thus the vermin will have scurried before the rocks are kicked over.

Is it too much to hope that, after so many instances of the enemy fleeing a telegraphed op, we pre-positioned and otherwise postured ourselves and the IA to harvest some of the vermin leaving B'dad to the west and north?

Yep, probably .....

Posted by Verlaine 2007-01-17 00:17|| 2007-01-17 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 US troop surge hammer into a peshmerga anvil?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-01-17 00:34|| 2007-01-17 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 It's to fuckin late for a hammer and anvil. They would hit each other. Thanks to us telling everybody that "we are going to send troops in to fight you next month".

The Kurdish operation in Bagdad could have been the goose that laid the golden egg, but nooOOoo! The U.S. had to go and make it infertile.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-01-17 01:04|| 2007-01-17 01:04|| Front Page Top

#4 I doubt that any operation involving the Iraqi government could've been kept quiet. Especially if the Prime Minister's office was involved.

Posted by Pappy 2007-01-17 01:25|| 2007-01-17 01:25|| Front Page Top

#5 In all my years , I have never witnessed a war fought on a primary basis of appeasing the press ..

We better have a contigency plan for picking off these runners , or its just a fruitless operation , IMHO

Posted by MacNails 2007-01-17 04:22|| 2007-01-17 04:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Que the "Empire" theme from Star Wars...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-01-17 12:34|| 2007-01-17 12:34|| Front Page Top

#7 MacNails, at a very minimum it will get them away from the MSM's hotels and make the issue much harder to misrepresent in the US press. If it does that, it will be a bargain.

Posted by RWV 2007-01-17 21:13|| 2007-01-17 21:13|| Front Page Top

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