'All the peasants were cheering us, even the soldiers'

National Post

[vbmoneyspender]

wow!

[jwalsh07]

Semper Fi bump from the Army.

Nice news.

[faithincowboys]

Good time to hear good news!

God Bless Our Troops!

[Ronnie Radford]

Prevalent Media response to this report... It's a quagmire!!! ... It's a quagmire!!!

[Blood of Tyrants]

It seems quite incredible how this is organized. To get a big Marine force on the move requires fantastical logistical planning and the planning that must have gone into this is truly extraordinary.

It is said that amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics.

[NittanyLion]

Can't be. All I've heard is about the terrible setbacks we've encountered along our way to the fastest advance in history.

[k2blader]

Great news bump!

[TADSLOS]

Victory unfolding. The largely untold story.

[Pining_4_TX]

I wouldn't put too much trust in these people, however. They probably have pictures with Saddam on one side and GW on the other and switch it around depending on whose troops are in town.

[faithincowboys]

we will win this and all the pain and loss will have not been in vain! we will liberate, disarm, and rebuild Iraq and change the course of history. The extremists in the middle east will be defeated!

And the boys we have over there will have stories of heroism to impress people in bars the rest of their lives.

They will always walk taller than the puke appeasers.

[Scully]

Bump!

[kevao]

I wouldn't put too much trust in these people, however. They probably have pictures with Saddam on one side and GW on the other and switch it around depending on whose troops are in town.

In other words, they're like the French.

[wretchard]

The leftist media is unwittingly playing its part. It lowers expectations, which then heightens the American achievement, as if that needed embellishment. More importantly, the media focused Iraqi and Arab attention on the feint east of the Euphrates, at Nasiriyah. The Iraqis came to the media quagmire party, while the rest of V Corps dashed north on the west of the Euprates to reach the approaches to Baghdad.

There will probably be a pause in ground movement now, as V Corps rests and deploys against the IRG. The Shield of Saddam must now triumph, or break.

[faithincowboys]

well, optimism would be nice. I have always been a pretty good judge of things. One of the first pictures of civilians greeting troops really impressed me.

I saw a boy maybe of 18 shake hands with one of our marines. And he looked like he wanted to shake his hand real good. He looked like he had just seen a super
hero. It was a solid and genuine moment, and i hope there are many more to come!!

[crazycat]

"It is said that amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics."

That's exactly how my Father talked, he always said you have to plan and get everything ready before you can move.

He was a Tank Capt in the original Desert Rats in the 2nd WW.

[faithincowboys]

Very pleased to see a young man from Spanish Harlem serving his country valiantly. there are many like him--brave, gutsy, loyal kids from tough neighborhoods and backgrounds.
It is a testament to the diversity in this country. Kids from East Los Angeles, small towns and all over becoming a band of brothers.

It is very honorable, and I wish them all Godspeed!!

[TomB]

bump

[river rat]

At the risk of being thought callous...

Though I grieve for every American or coalition causulty, the Press has made too much of the 100/200 KIAs on this march to Baghdad....and too little of the grief and destruction that these 50,000 Marines will heap on their enemy once the FIGHT has begun....

Keep in mind folks....These Marines are IN TRANSIT to their assigned objective and fighting position.... They will bypass lesser objectives for "later"....

Just as Islands were bypassed in the Pacific...
These men are headed for "the head of the snake"...

Have NO DOUBT.....These Marines and the 3rd I.D. will kill that snake...

All the heroic bluster from the Arabs in Baghdad and elsewhere is just that....... Bluster and bull shit...


I've never seen a battle won by dancers in the street, shooting weapons into the air....

Someone should inform the Press, that the critical battles have yet to commence...

Semper Fi

[faithincowboys]

we don't even have 100/200 KIAs yet (thank god)!

it is true, as a nation, we have come to believe that war is bloodless. It manifestly is not. In addition, an absence of war is not bloodless, case in point 9-11, we lost 3000 in one hour!