Two, Three, Many Fallujas

Mackubin Thomas Owens: Two, Three, Many Fallujas
The Weekly Standard, 26/11/2004.

The fact is that Falluja is part of a campaign, a series of coordinated events —movements, battles, and supporting operations— designed to achieve strategic or operational objectives within a military theater. Falluja is just one battle, albeit an extremely important one, in a comprehensive campaign to stabilize the Sunni Triangle.