May 24, 2004
Cutting Out The Middleman
Fighting in a mosque means a short trip to the funeral...
Coalition forces have dropped Queensbury rules and are engaging insurgents and other hostile forces in mosques in Najaf and elsewhere in Iraq.
US forces apparently have learned that you aren't going to win any friends avoiding mosques, and aren't going to lose any friends by attacking insurgents using them as ammo dumps and bases. Giving a voice to anti-American stridency regarding holy sites and mosques disserves logic - while we hear of Iraqi's being offended US forces attacked insurgents there, we hear little of offense they were used as ammo dumps and sniper nests to begin with.
Now that forces have begun taking care of business in mosques and holy sites, grumbling is growing louder for al-Sadr to take his rabble out. And American insistence on pressing the issue should demonstrate they can get out, or get carried out...
Posted by MEC2 at May 24, 2004 11:24 PM