Time Magazine: Operation Swarmer, little more than a photo op.

[killerbush]

Time Magazine is reporting that the big bad operation "Swarmer", has suffered no casualties, caught no high level insurgents, had no shootings, in fact, didn't have much of anything. All Swarmer was, was a photo op for the Iraqi's to see how they would handle a situation on the ground.
You take 50 helicopters, 1,500 American soldiers, and about 1,500 Iraqi soldiers, and you send them to Samarra ON A PHOTO OP?!!!! Who the hell is running this operation? Moe, Larry and Curly?

You took all these soldiers, and basically wasted their time in a phony operation to prop up the Iraqi's, and to make them think they know what the hell they are doing. Whoever thought this up, should immediatley be fired. This is a damn disgrace!!!


http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1174448,00.html

[Warpy]

1. I'm oddly grateful it was only a dog and pony show

and that no other Iraqis were burned, crushed, or blasted apart in my name.

That the ridiculous nature of this Potemkin war exercise is being exposed by the MSM is also giving me a little hope.

[madfloridian]

2. Then why were 700 plus families leaving without anything, just running.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=702276&mesg_id=702276