WE SHOULD LEAFLET THE COUNTRY WITH TIMES' EDITORIALS AND KENNEDY SPEECHES:

U.S. presses offensive on border with Syria (Kirk Semple and Edward Wong, NOVEMBER 14, 2005, The New York Times)

Two U.S. marines were killed and at least nine were wounded in ambushes and fierce street battles on Monday as thousands of American and Iraqi troops stormed Ubaydi, a riverside town near the Syrian border that the Americans contend has become a haven for foreign jihadists.

The operation was part of an ambitious sweep in the area that began Nov. 5, but resistance from insurgents appeared to be much stiffer than in the previous fights. [...]

The assault was the latest in the American military's campaign to ferret out insurgents it says use Euphrates River towns in western Anbar Province to smuggle in fighters and matériel from Syria. The operation involved about 1,500 Marine and army troops, and about 500 Iraqi Army soldiers.

Marine officers had no immediate explanation as to why insurgents had decided to put up a tougher fight in Ubaydi.

if the Left and the media could manage to convince them that they were winning and could stand and fight us then they'd indeed prove themselves useful idiots.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 15, 2005 9:55 AM