These guys are f*cking out to lunch.
"Sanchez was repeatedly asked to elaborate on remarks attributed to Gen. John Abizaid, chief of the U.S. Central Command, that the military will use stern measures unless attacks against U.S. forces were curtailed. Abizaid spoke to tribal sheiks and mayors during the weekend."
"Hours after Abizaid's warning, U.S. jets dropped three 500-pound bombs near the city of Fallujah after three U.S. paratroopers were wounded in an ambush. On Friday, bombs were dropped on the outskirts of Tikrit, Saddam's hometown, after a U.S. helicopter was apparently downed, killing six soldiers."
Asked why the U.S. military was dropping bombs now, Sanchez said: "Because that is the combat power necessary to defeat the enemy and send a very clear signal that our intent is to defeat the former regime loyalists, the terrorists and those people that are attacking the coalition and the Iraqi people."(why 'military intelligence' is an oxymoron)
"The most important message," he continued, "is that we are going to get pretty tough ... but we will do everything possible to minimize the impact on the people of the country."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716