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As someone on dKos pointed out - by military standards, a tactical situation where 60% of the capital city is considered hostile territory and your major safe enclave is being mortared daily is utterly insane; especially after four years of fighting.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 05:37:41 AM EST
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It was the first time in three years that U.S. soldiers entered those areas, where al-Qaida militants build car bombs and launch Katyusha rockets at American bases and Shiite Muslim neighborhoods.

Dosn't that just show everything?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 08:35:55 AM EST
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