British act as bait in war with Mahdi

The Sunday Times ^ | October 17, 2004 | Stephen Grey

[MadIvan]

More from an ally that John Kerry says is "window dressing" from a "bribed" or "coerced" nation.

Want to do Britain a favour? Give it to John Kerry right in the poll booth.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Jeff Chandler]

finding jobs for the 70% of local people without work, has yet to be completed

If these people are harboring the terrorists we should have killed more of them. That would reduce the unemployment rate right there.

[CaptRon]

Win one for General Gordon, guys!

[Flavius]

Thanks for that article...

[ASOC]

Steel rain indeed...

Death on call is more like it.

[Iscool]

I'm certain the vast, vast majority of Americans disagree with Kerry about the British (and other allies)...I for one, look at the British (as well as Aussies) as brothers across the sea...

My ancestry comes from Britain and it's clear to me that by looking at John Kerry, one can tell his roots are Saudi Arabian...

[King Prout]

you're on a roll tonight.

dunno if I'd have the stones to be the bait on an AC-130H Pave Specter's hook.

[SubMareener]

“We still don’t know how people didn’t get hit.”

This is a recurring theme from our forces in Iraq. It seems as if 3000 Angels from 9/11 are on the job keeping watch over our men.

[King Prout]

lovely stuff

[SuziQ]

Maer urged his troops not to think of glory but of the old soldiers at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday: “They will see men who stand there with quiet dignity. They know what we have been through.”

King Henry's "Band of Brothers".

The British have been faithful allies to the US in this fight. I sure appreciate their sacrifices.

[mewzilla]

More from an ally that John Kerry says is "window dressing" from a "bribed" or "coerced" nation. Want to do Britain a favour? Give it to John Kerry right in the poll booth.

You have some very valiant countrymen and women, Ivan. God bless them.

[GarySpFc]

Thank God we have a commander in chief who will not pull the Spectre cover our troops need like our previous one did to avoid civilian causalities in Somalia.

[Shqipo]

Here, Sadr, Sadr, Sadr, Sadr...POW! Thems good fighting tactics.

[datura]

There's no experience on this Earth like receiving overhead supporting fire from an AC-130. It seems to last forever, unlike an A-10 which is there and gone so fast (but it is back again before you know it). The sound of those Vulcans is like having God ripping open the sky with a giant zipper. Anything in the beaten zone just plain disappears in a cloud of sparks. In all, it's a religious experience of sorts that I can't adequately describe.

Spectre and the Warthog are a grunt's best friend. (Along with artillery.)

[philetus]

I'm as proud of all of them as if they we're my own boys.

[Nip]

You are fine just as long as you and Spectre known where you are. Things get real dicey if either one of you lose situational awareness.

Trust me on this one!

[denydenydeny]

Let's hear that one again:

“The strike was an awesome sight. There was no flame, just a big puff and then hot metal shrapnel flying in all directions. In three or four seconds the smoke cleared and there was nothing there at all. The militia had been vaporised.”

[Nip]

The most fun on the planet is when you get a tag-team-from-*ell overhead. Try having a Spectre and a pair of A-10s working for you!

The only problem is Air Combat Command will not let the two, left-handed, *astard children from the wrong side of the tracks to play together - it will take too much away from the lawn darts (aka F-16s).