The Salvador option - By Scott Ritter

[CHIMO]

The highly vaunted US military machine, laurelled and praised for its historic march on Baghdad in March and April of 2003, today finds itself a broken force, on the defensive in a land that it may occupy in part, but does not control.

The all-out offensive to break the back of the resistance in Falluja has failed, leaving a city destroyed by American firepower, and still very much in the grips of the anti-American fighters.

The same is true of Mosul, Samarra, or any other location where the US military has undertaken “decisive” action against the fighters, only to find that, within days, the fighting has returned, stronger than ever.

As an American, I hope and pray that common sense and basic morality prevail in Washington DC, terminating the Salvador Option before it gets off the ground. Failing that, I hope that the programme of US-backed death squads is defeated. That is the most pro-American sentiment I can muster, given the situation as it currently stands.



http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/ADCA48CC-9307-466B-BA18-82724CAA7484.htm

[two gun sid]

1. Every article I read by Scott Ritter

makes me respect him more. What an excellent analysis.

[Up2Late]

2. Wow, He's really going to piss some Repukes off

I hope he's living in a secret, undisclosed location, or he's going to have to watch his back.

A S.R. speech at Georgia State was my first clue that this "War" was total Bull Shit, back in August of 2002. :wow: