The end of Fallujah

The Iraqi government says the battle for Fallujah is all but over. I guess we "won":

The six-day assault has turned much of the city into ruins and left many of its remaining residents dying of thirst and starvation, a Red Crescent spokeswoman told Agence France Presse.

Even after the last building is cleared in Fallujah and the ghostly city is finally reopened to civilians, peace cannot be guaranteed, said Lt. Col. Patrick Malay. He said he is sure insurgents will return to the city of 250,000 because there is no way to seal off the town.

On Saturday, a four-vehicle convoy of the Iraqi Red Crescent carrying humanitarian assistance arrived in Fallujah after Iraqi and American troops allowed it to pass, but the U.S. military seems to have no clear idea of what to do with the city's civilian population.

While camps for displaced civilians have been set up 4 miles north of Fallujah, U.S. forces appear to have no transportation or logistical plan to get civilians from the battle-scarred neighborhoods to the camp.

And that is why the Iraqis love America.