RUSH CALLER: IRAQ - "Rules Have Changed" - Soldiers in Iraq Cannot Respond to Incoming Mortar Fire

Rush Limbaugh Program | 2004-05-20 | A Caller to Rush Limbaugh

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

This is nothing that hasn't been known at FR for a long time. But this caller was so immediately compelling and heard, no doubt by many of you, that I thought it would be a good chance to air these issues again:

o The media is killing us - deliberately. o The politicians and field commanders are buckling to the pressure from the reported images. o The people in America are virtually clueless as to what we are fighting for or the threat they pose due to their hate. (FReepers and Dittoheads excepted) o The problem is the absolute intolerance of Islam.

I guess others can fill in additional impressions of this most important report from the front and suggest what we can do to lift the veil (here and there literally) and bring about victory.

Hopefully an mp3 of this call will be made available.

[cvq3842]

I heard it too.

We don't fully appreciate, yet, what we're up against.

One only hopes that Bush keeps (regains?) his backbone and sees it through.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Rush is scooping the lib-media.

[Old Sarge]

"I've never felt as hated anywhere before."

Try speaking your mind on Free Republic.

[FReepaholic]

>>...The media is killing us - deliberately...<<

The Grima Wormtongues of our time.

[CedarDave]

Breaking News thread on Rush's caller here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1139288/posts

[Huck]

One only hopes that Bush keeps (regains?) his backbone and sees it through.

MIchael Savage was saying Bush went from "Let's Roll" to "Let's Roll Over." I don't know. This is all above my pay grade. But it makes you wonder if we are doing the best we can or not.

[No Blue States]

""I've never felt as hated anywhere before." Try speaking your mind on Free Republic."

But ive yet to see anyone get shot at here.

[narby]

The left is determined to defeat the US like they did in Vietnam. I'm sure they hope to damage the US for decades.... Again.

[Hanging Chad]

"...We don't fully appreciate, yet, what we're up against..."
- - -
Who is "we"?

[txzman]

"He said that every Iraqi is permitted to keep an AK-47 or pistol."

There's the problem! Have a law that says 'Show Gun - Get Shot'. Problem soon resolved, one way or another.

[Dead Dog]

Oh come on Sarge. Here on FR you just get bitchy, nit pick disagreements. Want to see hatred, go over to boards.ie and speak your conservative mind.

[LADY J]

I listened to that call from Jeff. We owe Rush big time for giving him the time that he did.

Thank God for soldiers like Jeff who put their lives on the line for us.

I think we need a very long list of those who sponsor our left media sources who are giving aid and comfort to the enemy. We also need to turn them off and tune them out. If they have no audience....they may change their tune - but don't hold your breath!

[Guillermo]

As I've been saying for weeks, only clowns run a war with the hope they they do not offend the enemy.

This war is run by a bunch of incompetents who are infected with the disease of PC.

[LS]

I'm not sure he was clear on why we couldn't respond to incoming mortar fire. I can't imagine any commander allowing this . . . unless they think that if it's 1-2 rounds and the chances of finding a fire location in the dark is just negigible, and may, in fact, cost several soldiers to go out and do this.

I'm not sure he meant that rules of engagement have changed DUE TO media interference IN THIS CASE.

Now, he was clear that on the street, the presence of al-=Jazeera and other cameras has had a negative effect.

[aruanan]

RUSH CALLER: IRAQ - "Rules Have Changed" - Soldiers in Iraq Cannot Respond to Incoming Mortar Fire

He didn't say this. He said that the official rules of engagement haven't changed but that, given TV cameras from new organizations everywhere, not the embedded reporters who really knew what was going on, they were made to feel very reluctant about responding to provocation. He said that he had even been subjected to mortar fire and they didn't respond. He didn't say that they cannot respond to mortar fire because the rules had changed.

[DoctorMichael]

Thanks for the summation. I was so busy today I couldn't even put my headphones on to tune in.

[COEXERJ145]

So, if our soldiers cannot fire unless fired upon, then why are they not allowed to respond to incoming mortar fire? Seems a bit contradictory to me.

And yes, just about everyone over there carries a gun. If our troops shot at every single person they saw carrying an AK, they would have to kill 90% of the population.

[LS]

Well, as soon as you do that, you have all sorts of Freepers questioning why WE should have a 2nd amendment right and they shouldn't---and don't say they don't have a constitution. It's a real issue here on FR.

Now, I agree that if you SHOW a weapon in public when an American is around, it's lights out. But I don't think we can or should disarm everyone any more than we should prohibit protest marches. We allowed protest marches in Japan, and 100,000 marched against us in May 1946 . . . to no effect.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I sure would like the Defense Department, under the order of The Commander in Chief, issue an edict stating that all foreign and domestic reporters, journalists, network representatives and all media assets are hearby requested to leave Iraq immediately within 48 hours. Anyone that does not comply will be detained and removed from the country.