June 08, 2004
Obvious Followup #0005
The U.S. military appears to be softening its tough tactics -- keeping combat operations to a minimum -- in a shift designed to avoid alienating its Iraqi allies who take power at the end of the month.
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One top U.S. military official in Iraq, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. goals in Fallujah and Najaf haven't been dropped, just delayed long enough to accomplish them without unnecessary loss of life.
Obvious followup: if it is now possible for the military to accomplish its goals "without unnecessary loss of life", why was it not possible before now?
The military was to ignorant/incompetent to realise it then? The military is fooling itself now? The anonymous source is talking out its ass? The military didn't give a fuck about "unnecessary loss of life" until it became politically expedient to do so?
Questions so obvious the mainstream media couldn't even be bothered to ask.
Posted by Eddie Tews at June 8, 2004 12:34 PM
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