[Wneighbor]

God Bless those US and coalition troops. Each and every one of them.

[notfornothing]

We owe them a debt we can never repay.

[x1stcav]

Sergeants are RTO's?

Probably another embed with little knowledge or experience.

Trust me; if your RTO is dead, you know it.

[Stentor]

New York Times ^ | 11/10/04 | Dexter Filkins

This could range from being completely accurate to being made up in a bar in Hoboken. I want proof before I believe any of it.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Nothing here makes sense, but the Americans' superior training and firepower eventually seem to prevail."

Superior American training and firepower prevailing makes perfect sense.

[Trippin]

"The marines turned and fired, and killed four of them immediately, blowing one man's head entirely away before he fell on his back onto the pavement, his arms spread wide."

Wish I could see that on video.

[beckham]

Holy Crap!

[VRWCTexan]

Other news reports reflect comments to the effect that the Marines have moved faster and gained more ground that hoped for in the opening hours - resistance lighter than expected

Whereas the NYT speaks of fighting tooth and nail for every inch???

God Bless the Marines - but I have to believe that the NYT is leaning in the wrong direction as usual - recall that they had us loosing the initial invasion into Iraq.

[califamily4W]

"The confusion was such that at one point, a tank fired a phosphorous round that rained down on the American troops, breaking into a hundred flaming pieces and burning backpacks and gear but seriously hurting no one."

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Amazing... God bless our troops.

[CWOJackson]

Slow and easy guys. The object is to kill them not yourself.

[ProudVet77]

He was dressed in brown pajamas

We have embeds over there?

[colorado tanker]

What a piece of crap. The Marines are overrunning the city ahead of schedule. The area around that Mosque is being taken "inch by inch" because if the Mosque were in the least respect damaged the New York Fishwrap would accuse the Marines of war crimes and damaging a "holy site" even though as a terrorist HQ it is a legitimate military target.

[beckham]

Obviously "the resistance" is just a bunch of local guys who got ahold of weapons, no organization, no plan, no hope.

They have to know that they are going to die.

I'm not sure if that amounts to courage or lunacy, but you have to stand in awe of it.

[kimosabe31]

May the Lord keep the US Marines and all coalition forces in His Grace.

[TigersEye]

There is no such thing as a "holy fire base." If somebody shoots from a Mosque, flatten it!

[vger]

God Bless our troops!

[Elvis van Foster]

I wish that intrepid AP photographer Bilal Hussein could have been on the scene described in the second paragraph. Loved to have seen that little vignette.

[dixiechick2]

I am so very proud of all of these wonderful, brave men. They are warriors, but they also have heart.

May Jesus hold them in His ever-loving embrace - keeping them safe from the harm of those infidels who kill in the name of a God that I do not know, for their God is a God of hate.

May He comfort the families with His reassuring warmth. May God bless this wonderful country I call home, The United States of America.

In His Name, Amen.

[IStillBelieve]

Is "Dexter Filkins" Jayson Blair's new pseudonym?

[ETERNAL WARMING]

God Bless our troops! You're in our hearts and prayers!