[SandRat]

Perhaps an even better reference point is this - - -

The Dieppe Raid that lasted only one day, cost 907 dead among the allied commandos.

A total of 9,758 Allied soldiers died in the D-Day invasion of Nazi-held Europe during World War II that lasted from 6 - 25 June 1944 or nearly as many each of the 19 days as have been killed in 13 months of action in Iraq.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

We continue to prove to the enemy that we do not have the will to fight. Our press continues to do their bidding.

All we can really do, imho, is keep our eyes on the prize, remember what's at stake, the nature of this enemy, the honor of our troops who are risking their lives for our freedom - because those who think they can protect our borders are living in dreamworld.

We have no choice but to fight this enemy.....and under all the spin and hype and negativity - our Marines performed admirably today, and we lost very few troops in this battle.

Our far weaker enemies are emboldened by their PR agents, the free Western press running the 2004 Dem. election campaign (and who haven't yet grasped, imho, the nature of the enemy they're appeasing).

There was real, factual, substantive good news out there today....but few are interested, as the mainstream press owns the public square....and the hearts and minds of the American people.

Iraq ~ Fallujah, Day 2:

 

8 U.S. Forces Conducting Raids in Fallujah ~ + updates on the fighting in Ramadi. ~ DoD | 4/06/04 | Jim Garamone

 

8 Four Marines, Three Soldiers Killed in Iraq ~ CJTF7 security recap ~ DoD |  4/06/04

 

8 Three Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldiers Killed During Separate Incidents ~  CJTF-7 | 4/06/04

8 Twelve Detained in Raid ~  CJTF-7 |  4/06/04

8 Pendleton Marines cordon Fallujah ~  Marine Link | 4/06/04 | Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva

8 Defend America Photo Essay ~ Operation Vigilant Resolve ~ 4/06/04

8 Coalition soldiers train Iraqi Armed Forces to join fight ~ Army News Service | 4/05/04 | Spc. Aaron Ritter

8 US Offensive in Fallujah intensifies ~  various | 4/06/04

8 Marines Battle Enemy Fighters in Fallujah ~  "ENEMY" - from WP! ~ Washington Post | 4/06/04 | Pamela Constable

8 Bush Vows to Arrest Iraq Cleric to Quell Violence ~ Reuters | 4/06/04 | Jeremy Pelofsky, Michael Georgy

8 A Soldier Assures Us: Our Progress Is Amazing ~ Houston Chronicle | 4/05/04 | Joe Roche

8 Private Guards Repel Attack on US Headquarters ~ Blackwater Security, we will not forget your sacrifices, either ~ Washington Post | 4/06/04 | Dana Priest

8 A Marked Difference: Most Shiite Arabs Oppose Attacks; Islamic State Is Not Preferred ~ ABCNEWS | 4/05/04 | Gary Langer

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[TomasUSMC]

"Perhaps an even better reference point is this - - -
The Dieppe Raid that lasted only one day, cost 907 dead among the allied commandos"

Nope. Wrong. In World War Two we had 20 million men under arms, we don't have a fraction of that today. 12 men in one day is like 1200 back in WW2 and at least we were fighting with no hands tied behind our backs. Today the Marine First Division motto was recently changed to "Do NO Harm First".

That is PC taken to the suicide extreme.

[Missouri]

Bump.

A friend and co-worker has a cousin who is a Marine and is right in the middle of all this. All I can think about is how he is doing right now. I'm praying for him and his fellow Marines to get through this battle.