Friday, May 18, 2007

The Latest Sad Chapter

In the ongoing Iraq saga. This latest incident may be have worse than initially thought...


It Was Not an Ambush



If we are going to understand anything about the war underway in Iraq we have got to get the terminology right. The news media--CNN in particular--continue to call last week's attack on small U.S. Army outpost in the Mahmoudiyah area (wihch is south of Baghdad) an "ambush". This was not an ambush. An ambush is defined as: 1. The act of lying in wait to attack by surprise. 2. A sudden attack made from a concealed position What happened to a squad of the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 10th [...]


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