May 12, 2004
Holy Smokes
Are there any cities in Iraq that aren't holy?
The US military has started hitting mosques in ubiquitous Iraqi holy cities where Al-Sadr militiamen are using them as ammo dumps and bases of operations.
This is most welcome news. Not only is the battle being taken to the enemy, not only are locals happy to see Al-Sadr get his, not only is it obvious to the world how the mosques are being misused, but this hopefully will begin to end this practice of hiding behind domes and watching the American forces hem and haw with handwringing compunction. And notice the end result - a Machiavellian lesson for the US military on how to deal with your enemy. The ending comments indicate this mistake is less likely to be repeated.
When it comes to building ammo dumps in mosques, the insurgents and world must know - if you build it, we will come...
Posted by MEC2 at May 12, 2004 09:13 AM