1. Yes, it's correct, this is for homespun consumption. FAUXNews watchers are desperate for some big lie to keep them happy going into a big Christmas shopping weekend. FAUXNews watchers resemble junkies seeking a fix.
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Here that, honey, Hume and Snow says we gotta 'em on the run. Any day now. Freedom's on the march."
2. It serves as disinformation/misinformation from the US in the hope of confusing the enemy. For all we know the US military might be spotting this guy somewhere else, but hoping to keep that a clandestine operation.
Problem with this method, is that, this disinformation/misinformation techniques doesn't work in a situation where the Iraqi forces are badly infiltrated by the enemy. It seems to me that the insurgence can obtain US intent easily, at least according to Scott Taylor the Canadian journalist once held hostage in Iraq.
From a DemocracyNow interview:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/22/1422225Scott Taylor quote:
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I thought it was just a workshop, and at that night when they were firing at the helicopters, someone banged on the door, came in and they let them in and they went to another room we hadn't seen. When we were using the flashlights I could see that that was stocked from floor to ceiling with RPGs and other munitions. This guy came in, like almost like borrowing sugar from your neighbors. He needed a few more rockets, and they outfitted him and he went off. We were sitting on top of one of the ammo caches inside Tal Afar, but there was a number of them throughout. They had been planning this for months. For me to see this and allowed see that, and the collusion with the police I think was the key. Everywhere we went, including the first time when they put me in the car, the American-paid Iraqi police were the ones that were instrumental in working hand in glove with the resistance, allowing us into Mosul. I mean, these guys left Tal Afar, which was supposed to be a sealed city, got out to the north in the desert and then entered Mosul with impunity, even though we were still tied up in the back seat, I mean, clearly visible. The local police were offering cigarettes and banging encouragement on the roofs of the cars as we went through. So, I mean, it was clear to see that this network has infiltrated all the way through, and a very dangerous situation, I mean, for the Americans now."
Emphasis mine.
3. I think these kinds of statements also serve to boost morale for the troops in Fallujah and even the US military as a whole. Here they are, still in Fallujah, beginning to question what the hell the mission was all about. Even the grunts will start to wonder at the battle assessments.
4. It's a sign of pure frustration in a war with no end in sight. There you are, swatting at mosquitoes with a sledge hammer, and still getting bitten like hell.
Then of course they might catch this guy, but then that'll have to find a new bogeyman to explain the violence in Iraq. After all, anything beats self-reflection is a Bush motto.
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