The Subjectivity of being an Eyewitness

U.S. Marines fret over Fallujah resurgence

U.S. Marines reportedly are concerned there will be a resurgence of militant activity in Fallujah if troop numbers are reduced for reconstruction.

Here's another article that describes this in more detail. Because of unrest in other places, the U.S. troops don't have the troop numbers to stick around in Fallujah and establish a peaceful rebuilding of the city. So essentially, we've accomplished nothing in Fallujah that won't be undone as soon as everyone returns.

However, some senior military officers in Iraq and Washington cautioned the assessment is a subjective judgment by some Marine intelligence officers near the front lines and does not reflect the views of all intelligence officials and senior commanders in Iraq, the newspaper said.

Of course! You can't trust the people on the ground. They can't see what's going on at all! It's the people in the cushy chairs in Washington that really see everything.

Actually, it's the people on the ground that have figured out that to be successful, we have to stop thinking that we're in a giant game of 'Capture the Flag', and remember that we're supposed to be rebuilding the country, not demolishing it. Now I clearly realize that people like Al-Zarqawi are an impediment to making that happen, but attacking a city that he had plenty of time to escape from is clearly not helping.