Hoo-rah!
Not to down play the heroic actions of our brave marines, but c'mon. Most of these jihadis have barely evolved to the point where they have opposable thumbs and a 350 cm³ brain size.
I should say that the results probably would have been the same if they'd been faced with civilized, advanced enemies as well.
I think you are playing down their heroic actions. Why don’t you head over and show them how it’s done?
as the father of a marine with 3 purple hearts.....u know not what you speak of.....
Why does someone like you always have to come along and piss on the parade?
And yet... That's what you proceed to do.
I'm not a Marine. But even I with my limited tactical training has an appreciation for a group of 30 that gets trapped in an ambush of 250 enemy... Where the result is over 50 enemy killed and no Marines killed... That's a pretty good day, all things considered. Some here have said that this "marksman" needs a silver star. Well, at least. That many kills, with no misses, under fire, and I'm OK with at least the Navy Cross for that guy. He saved a lot of lives. Even if he missed once or twice. :-).
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Murtha?!! Is that you?
Holy cow what an ignorant statement! I don't have the time nor the inclination to enumerate the gazillion reasons why your assertions are baseless.
Implying that the insurgents are only slightly more intelligent than an ape and void of training, skill, courage, and reasonably well conceived tactics, as well as implying that for any soldier (a marine in this case) under a heavy RPG and machinegun ambush from vastly superior forces in choice positions, that it’s routine with some good equipment and training to pick off 20 enemy fighters with perfect precision – is more then absurd.