Super editorial. A must read. Like Paul Harvey would say, "and now you know the rest of the story".
Ther "brave" terrorists, the "fearless" jihadis tucked tail and ran at the sight of the U.S military. They're big on talk and short on manhood. I'll grant they can slaughter unarmed civilians with a gusto. But they are outmatched and outgunned by the professionals of the Army and Marines. Soon we can say "Mission Accomplished." And the Al Qaeda terror masters will have lost their principal base of operations in Iraq. When the chips are down - bottom line, America has the will and the gumption to go after its enemies. Take a look at the famous "Malboro G.I" photo; we're kicking ass.
God bless our troops! I'm so proud of them.
As for the talkingheads...what else is new? (I just switched channels..couldn't stomach Andrea Mitchell calling Arafat a "man of peace." I guess she forgot about the Munich Massacre, the Achille Lauro, the endless school children this bloody thug blew up.) Barf.
Thanks for the report - Great to hear!
God bless our troops -
Our Marines and GIs are killing lots and lots of mediocre-trained Bad Guys from Iraq, Iran and Syria. Toting 40 year old AKs and RPGs. Leaving a very large hole in their ability to commit murder. And their TO&E.
Who knows how many thousand weapons and tons of ammuntion, rockets and explosives we'll uncover from Mosques, Safe Houses and tunnel caches?
The higher ranking leaders may have gotten away. Or Not. We'll catch up to them later if they have.
Bottom line: Massive loss of life on the Opposition (Bad Guys) side.
Thousands of Coalition and Iraqi lives saved on Our Side.
Jack.
"we failed to kill or capture the terrorist leadership"
this handwring fest by the media and some freepers is hillarious. Consider for a moment, that if a leader has no followers... he is no longer a leader... now his he?
Call it what it really is. The leader's army has been wiped out... and the coward who led them, is headed for the nearest 'spider hole'.
Meanwhile, Allawi the REAL leader of Iraq, the newly vetted Iraqi Army and special forces along with the marines (more and more as partners and then just backup) and armor... can go on to Ramadi, if needed.
One section at a time... Iraq WILL be pacified.
and at some point the PEOPLE will begin to ratt out the bad guys to their own army and police... big time.
We celebrate the success of our troops here on this Veterans day. We are so proud of them, and grateful for their every sacrifice.
The NYP gets it.
>This time, they ran away, leaving untrained recruits to take >the bullet-train to paradise.
The mark of a cult: Dying for your leader.
The mark of Jesus Christ and any TRUE leader: Dying for your people.
Now, on to Tehran!
There was no better Birthday gift for my Marine Corps then being given something to destroy & blow up!
OooHHRaahhhh!
The only way to appease the MSM is to apply the Harry Truman solution - nuke 'em all and let their God sort 'em out. That way, the media would have a lot to talk about for a long time. Of course, when they check the history books and find out Truman was a Democrat, they may not like it after all.
GO, RALPH, GO!
I have really enjoyed and learned from seeing Ralph so much on FOX these last days.
"...leaving untrained recruits to take the bullet-train to paradise."
Classic!
A moving target is much easier to spot. Sooner or later, they make mistakes, as Saddam did, and as OBL will. Meanwhile, no army ever won by reteating.
"Meanwhile, our troops and their Iraqi allies remain engaged in brutal street-fighting. The remarkably low friendly casualty list is bound to grow. But no one need doubt the outcome. Our troops will complete the mission they were given.
"But the media need to stop inventing missions of their own, then blaming our troops for not accomplishing them."
