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The Iraqi resistance is all but finished. Now the attackers are foreign nationals, al Qaeda types. Their targets are not Americans any more. Not that they wouldn’t mind attacking Americans, but the Americans are a nasty target to take on. Attacking Americans can and does get the attackers killed.
Now they are going after the Iraqis. They are doing whatever they can to prevent a peaceful democratic Iraq from emerging. To their credit, the Iraqi’s are making a valiant stand. The recent attack in Fallujah illustrates this brilliantly. Here’s a report from the battle.
Officers from the 82nd Airborne Division stationed a 10-minute drive away could hear the battle clearly. They offered help but the Hammad said it wasn't needed. The Americans did provide additional ammunition and weapons, including light machine guns. After the battle, soldiers at the civil defense base proudly displayed a light machine gun and a pair of rocket propelled grenade launchers they had captured from the attackers.
That when dying and bleeding, beset by the flower of terrorism, with pistol to set against automatic rifle and grenade, the Iraqi police did not ask for help from 82nd Airborne. They asked for ammunition.
How much more can you ask of a people? Gallantry like this tells me there is hope for Iraq. This may paradoxically help bind Iraq together.
As one blogger observed, "We've already won in Iraq. The rest is just taking out the garbage - and shooting it."
Posted by Ted at February 15, 2004 9:00 PM