“”"”"”"”Fallujah I was a rash and foolish action and failed”"”"”"”"

Was it? And why did it “fail?”

That’s not my recollection. As I remember it, a relatively small force of Marines managed to herd their remaining enemy into the slum part of Fallujah when that corner of town was largely deserted by its inhabitants. The “rash and foolish” part came when Bush, for election reasons, and the timid Iraqi “leaders” installed by the provisional authority called the whole thing off. Had “Fallujah I” been allowed to continue, there may not have been a need for “Fallujah II,” and the war may have been shortened by such a show of resolve.