US military strategy in Fallujah being dictated by election politics....

[blitzen]

http://juancole.com/



"The Iraqi Guerrilla War of 2003-2004 continued apace on Sunday and Monday.

Guerrillas detonated an enormous car bomb near Fallujah on Monday, killing 7 Marines and wounding a number of others, and killing 3 Iraqis. The rumors in Washington are that the Marines plan a major assault on Fallujah after the US elections on Nov. 2, and before the Iraqi elections in January."

[WMliberal]

1. should there be a (sic) after "Iraqi elections in january"?

I mean seriously...

[punpirate]

2. Allawi doesn't strike me as particularly...

... Jeffersonian in his views toward democracy, so I suspect he's busily plotting ways to keep himself in charge. And since there are so many like-minded people in the WH, they're probably plotting ways to keep him in power, too. *sigh*

[A_Possum]

3. whatever his views on democracy

if he loses now, he's a dead man in Iraq. That's highly motivating.

Same motivation with the Bush contingent in a metaphorical sense. (Please note, FBI, the caveat that this is metaphorical when applied to the Bushes.)

[WMliberal]

4. i can imagine *'s second term

with a civil war in Iraq following the "election." We'd be stuck with Bush escalating our involvement for four more years. :scared:

[underpants]

5. Wes Clarke"Generals and politicians can't WIN wars........

they can only lose them"