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2007-03-19 Fifth Column

AP: "resilient" and "robust" insurgents defy US forces!

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Posted by Mike 2007-03-19 07:08|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Aha the terrorists respond to "The Surge" in the only way they can, via their media allies.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-03-19 07:46|| 2007-03-19 07:46|| Front Page Top

#2 BP you nailed it. I saw the "resilient" headline floating around on Yahoo news last night and thought about posting it here too, but I'm glad I didn't. Mr. Crittenden's fisk was magnificent:

You have to troll the North Korean web to find that kind of thing these days!

Brilliant.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-03-19 09:23|| 2007-03-19 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Uncle Mike, does 'resilient' mean dying or being arrested in large numbers?

Posted by SteveS 2007-03-19 10:11|| 2007-03-19 10:11|| Front Page Top

#4 resiliant == chicken$hit attacks && running away

robust == stupid enough to come back for more despite the terrible odds even against 'resiliant' attacks

Posted by gorb 2007-03-19 11:33|| 2007-03-19 11:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Had the same reaction when I saw the headline yesterday. Typical poor, tendentious "analysis" masquerading as journalism - and always, always in one direction.

In the Palace, in the golden days, we had a nearly daily fisking of the news from Iraq, usually an email circulated in the office and to a few carefully vetted outsiders, who'd be discreet with them. And Rantburg has always been one thing keeping me from setting up a daily fisk site - this place seems to fulfill the mission more than adequately.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-19 12:16|| 2007-03-19 12:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Crips and Bloods 'Resilient' and 'Robust'

Guess we need to declare victory and withdraw from LA

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-03-19 17:39|| 2007-03-19 17:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Search and engage operations can have limited effect in a conflict where the terrorists kill by planting remotely controlled explosives. 24-7 patrol methods do little more than provide easy targets for the enemy. Either we create conditions for both gathering better Intel and executing disproportionate retaliation, or we will do little to deter this enemy.

And given that over 60% of US casualties have occurred in Anbar Province, Saudi interference should not be overlooked.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-03-19 18:03|| 2007-03-19 18:03|| Front Page Top

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