Bill Ardolino Interviews Fallujah Police Officer
Bill from INDC has a fascinating interview with an Iraqi policeman in Fallujah. Here is a quote:
INDC: What would happen if America left Iraq and Fallujah right now? What would happen?
Mohammed: “It’s going to be a disaster.”
INDC: How so?
Mohammed: “There will be revenge from everybody.
And this one:
INDC: [W]hat do you think of Americans, and has that opinion changed over time?
Mohammed: “I think we need the Americans. If they go out right now it’s gonna be a disaster. And believe me, even if they get out of Fallujah, Washington itself will be a target.”
Read the post for a fascinating description of the “secret war” going on inside Fallujah.
Yeah, nice to see the denizens of Fallujah are trying to stir up inter-insurgent bad-blood.
Dubya (c16726) — 1/15/2007 @ 6:59 pmOf troop morale and marshmallow fluff (Updated)…
Read the whole thing, and do follow all of the links. Thank you, Lord.
Bill's Bites (72c8fd) — 1/15/2007 @ 7:56 pm…
Of troop morale and marshmallow fluff (Updated)…
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Old War Dogs (72c8fd) — 1/15/2007 @ 7:58 pmI’m pulling for the vigilantes.
DRJ (51a774) — 1/15/2007 @ 9:28 pmI have come (from the right) to the opinion that the invasion was a bad idea. But that the occupation and “nation building” and definition of victory as stable, free Iraq is much worse. At this point, a time-table withdrawal makes the most sense. We still have lots of power and can influence things, but we need to get over the view that we can control everything, that we can make people live our dream. If they want to, great.
TCO (b7caf1) — 1/16/2007 @ 1:10 amWell – if “Mohammed” says so, it must be true!
How do we know the policeman’s name is really Mohammed?
The Liberal Avenger (c93dac) — 1/16/2007 @ 4:08 amTCO
I think we need to tell them to re-do their constitution to eliminate any place for Islam or Islamists in it. They need to throw al-Sadr out of the gov’t (and to the hangman) and waste his and others’ militas until they get the point.
War is a messy business that just gets messier and longer the harder you try to make it neat and clean. Better to keep it short by making it nasty as HELL and the enemy begs for peace!
Dubya (c16726) — 1/16/2007 @ 5:14 amActually, we know it isn’t — because Ardolino, unlike the AP, has the integrity to tell us so.
Jackass.
Phil Smith (e02fe8) — 1/16/2007 @ 10:52 am