{"id":2083,"date":"2004-11-12T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-12T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2004-11-12T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-12T21:18:00","slug":"draining-the-swamp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2004\/11\/12\/17\/18\/draining-the-swamp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Draining the Swamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Troops have cut off all roads and bridges leading out of Fallujah and have turned back hundreds of men trying to flee the city during the assault. Only women, children and the elderly can leave. The military says keeping men aged 15 to 55 from leaving is key to the mission’s success. “If they’re not carrying a weapon, you can’t tell who’s who,” said an officer with the 1st Cavalry Division.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>That’s the problem with fighting a resistance summed in a single sentence: everyone is a potential member of the resistance. Apparently the innovative solution is to kill or intern all males of fighting age. Concentrating the population<\/a> into camps is probably what the “military” would like to do next. These were were called “strategic hamlets” in Vietnam. Worked in the Philippines<\/a>, eventually, at the cost of up to a million civilian deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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