U.S. Forces on Offensive in Iraq Rebel Strongholds

[2pac Shakur]

Fierce fighting around the town of Tal Afar, a suspected haven for foreign fighters about 60 miles east of the Syrian border in northern Iraq (news - web sites), left 22 insurgents dead and more than 70 wounded, a local government health official said.

Link (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=3&u=/nm/20040909/wl_nm/iraq_dc)

Sweet. I think we're gonna quickly increase the number of civilians, oops, I mean insurgents, we've killed in Iraq. Well over 10,000 so far. That's terrific.

Also, why would American soldiers destroy a haven for foreign fighters? Aren't American soldiers foreign fighters?

[glenn]

Also, why would American soldiers destroy a haven for foreign fighters? Aren't American soldiers foreign fighters?
Do you have any understanding why many of the forces resisting the US might be considered foreign fighters?

[E. Blackadder]

You can truncate your question to the first five words, and the answer is still "no."

[2pac Shakur]

Also, why would American soldiers destroy a haven for foreign fighters? Aren't American soldiers foreign fighters?
Do you have any understanding why many of the forces resisting the US might be considered foreign fighters?

Do you have any understanding why the US forces IN IRAQ might be considered foreign fighters?

[glenn]

You were trying to imply that the Americans were the foreign fighters by contrasting them with who they are fighting with. Unfortunately for your point, there are plenty of non-Iraqi Muslims fighting over there. I haven't seen any numbers lately, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out that there's a lot of these folks who aren't locals. Perhaps that's why they were referred to as 'foreign'?

[2pac Shakur]

You were trying to imply that the Americans were the foreign fighters by contrasting them with who they are fighting with. Unfortunately for your point, there are plenty of non-Iraqi Muslims fighting over there. I haven't seen any numbers lately, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out that there's a lot of these folks who aren't locals. Perhaps that's why they were referred to as 'foreign'?

No, not contrast. Compare.
I was saying both are foreign fighters. Or have we made Iraq a state?

[Just Visiting]

So one group of foriegn fighters destroyed the haven of another. That sort of happened alot in Europe in the '40s.

:roll:

Moran.

[2pac Shakur]

So one group of foriegn fighters destroyed the haven of another. That sort of happened alot in Europe in the '40s.

:roll:

Moran.

I just pointed out that we are being hypocritical for calling others in Iraq foreign fighters. Even you seem to be agreeing that Americans are foreign fighters in Iraq.
So, does that make you a moran like me?