It's pretty clear that there was no retaliation for the attack from the mosque: "The Soldiers did not return fire. "
The story was not written in chronological order. In order, Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3, ending with the attack from the mosque, then paragraph 1, picking back up with the attack from the mosque, with no return fire. Finally, Paragraph 4 with the outcome summary.
I am well aware that Democrats and media in this country serve as the fifth-column, merrily giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
I marvel at the elegance evinced in 34 above.
I would urge this commander-in-chief to put that policy in the form of a bold national security memorandum,
--to make said memorandum public--
--to clarify the Bush doctrine--
File the entire proposal under the easy-to-remember heading
Go Ahead: Make My Day
Further this deponent sayeth not.