[JRandomFreeper]

Even though the Marines have given Bob his name, they say they still want to kill him.

"This is the closest relationship I have with an Iraqi right now," Silvers said.

Silvers' CO should give him two men, a coon dog, a flashlight, the night off, and tell him to go hunting. Bob needs to swing.

/john

[Nateman]

No quicker way to change a mind gone bad than to put a bullet through it. If these foolish dead enders just waited patiently a few months and let the elections happen peacefully these US soldiers would leave and prosperity would move in.

[LibWhacker]

Many say they want to finish the battle, take control of the rebel city by brute force -- whatever it takes -- rather than wait for Iraqi negotiators to thrash out a deal to stop the fighting.

Negotiators, my eye. They're stalling. Probably taking payoffs from the Baathists, too. Much like Musharaf's men in Pakistan. It's a raghead thing. Enough already. Kick the door down and stop giving them valuable time to prepare their defenses.

[USMARINE6]

The America needs to face the fact that there is no morality in war. The Islamist terrorist know it, display it and have no qualms about it. How do you say collateral damage in Arabic? Nothing makes a better friend than a completely and severely trounced enemy. Morality can begin when the enemy's guns are silent.

[E.Allen]

I always thought their motto was " F*** with the best, die like the rest."

[JeeperFreeper]

This "negotiation" stuff is coming straight from Bremer, et al with blessing of top Army generals. Gen. Mattis, USMC, is calling the delay it "Bulls..." Go read his interview in Marine Times. The State Dept. personnel, who are so rarely at risk, are making war decisions here with blessing of "perfumed princes" in uniform.

[mtbopfuyn]

That's the problem. They think a man is defined by his ability to grow hair rather than his actions.

[TXBSAFH]

A quote from General Cliaghten(sp?) Abrams, "When you get them by their b*lls, their hearts and mind follow."

[Frunabulax]

"We didn't initiate this," said 1st Marine Regiment Commander Col. John Toolen. "I came in here with more money than bullets. Now I'm running out of bullets but the money is still in my pocket."

Oh, for Pete's sake, somebody get this man more bullets.

[wku man]

Hehehehe...you know Lourdes Navarro just hated filing this report, and didn't mean for it to have the effect it has on us right-wing, militaristic kooks. I'm quite sure, being as she's from the Accuracy Problem network, she wanted her report to reflect how horrible it is that US Marines are no longer able to grow mustaches, pass out gum, and paint schoolhouses, because they're out fighting the enemy. I imagine she was probably shocked at the attitude of the Marines, which is apparently "bout damn time we're getting to do our job". Hey Leathernecks, this ol' Army dog's proud of you.

scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[steplock]

"It wasn't supposed to be this way"

That was the reporters words to insert a NEGATIVE slant

[jslade]

"When you go to fight, it's time to shoot -- not to make friends with people," said Sgt. Cameron Lefter, 34, from Seattle.

Best quote of the article.

[Redleg Duke]

"I came in here with more money than bullets. Now I'm running out of bullets but the money is still in my pocket."

"I came here to kick ass and chew gum...and I'm all out of gum!"

[Congressman Billybob]

What an incredibly bigoted article. Would the Associated Press have run a story during WW II about abandoned efforts to "get along" with the Japanese or Germans?

What part of "We are at war" does the AP not understand?

Apparently, the AP doesn't understand what war is. For the benefit of apparently ignorant reporters and editors at the AP, "War consists of killing the enemy until those who survive decide to stop fighting." For sure it is bloody, destructive and expensive. But it is not hard to comprehend.

Congressman Billybob

Click here, then click the blue CFR button, to join the anti-CFR effort (or visit the "Hugh & Series, Critical & Pulled by JimRob" thread). Please do it now.

[libstripper]

These so-called "negotiations" and "cease fires" are just being used to weaken us. The rag heads know they can't win militarily if the Marines are allowed to perform their mission. Thus, the rag heads create sham "negotiations" to try to prevail.

We should simply use all appropriate force, without concern for collateral damage, to finish the job and make an example of Falluja. Remember, one of the big reasons we won the peace in Germany and Japan was that we devastated each country and utterly cowed its inhabitatns before the war ended. General Sherman did the same thing to end the Civil War. We need to do it here.