In recent weeks, much of Iraq - especially Baghdad - is quieter, safer. Insurgents have cut and run.Not in Mosul. Five-thousand U.S. troops sweep a scared city of almost 2 million scared people. And five U.S. troops were killed in the area within recent days.
Cptn. Hunter Bowers's Lightning Troop patrols the city's West Side. Its worst side.
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Fighting could last for months.
Fighting could last for months, but since we are not getting out, it will last for years.
When are they going to stop repeating the government B.S. that Baghdad (and other parts of Iraq) are quieter and safer? On January 10 I posted the report that we just bombed the crap out of certain areas of Baghdad. “Recent weeks” must mean the past 18 days since that particular cleansing. There’ll be another. And another. And another. And it will continue as long as we are there.
"This city [Mosul] is just so unpredictable now," Strassmann said."Yes, sir," Bowers said. "It's very unpredictable. One area can be fine one day. And the next it can be the worst area you've ever been in."
Yeah. That’s what I’m saying.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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