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Originally posted by onetime2
Absolutely agree that it is not new in the least. I do disagree with the belief that the military isn't trained for this. Urban fighting scnearios have been indoctrinated into the military training regimen for a decade or more now. Until it is confronted in real life, of course, that training can't be gauged. It seems they have done a hell of a job thus far through the invasion and occupation of Iraq. There have been countless cases of urban battles during this time.
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I'm not disputing what you say but a journalist who was imbedded with U.S soldiers in Fallujah recounted on the CBC tv that the American's seemed confused and didn't know what they were doing.
Apparently according to this journalist ( his name escapes me) the American's were shooting at everything in sight, militants as well as civilians. According to him, anything that moved was a target.
He also said the Americans lost composure and were very scared, even calling for back up to get them out because they appeared to not know what to do.
Certainly a perspective I wasn't expecting to hear.