I feel sick.
Just heard it..My heart is heavy..Prayers for all who mourn..Death to those who plant bombs.
And a gentle smile crosses the lips of the American left this morning ...
Just heartbreaking...my prayers go out to their families.
Dick Durbin and the RATS cheer(in private).......
They gave all that our country could ask of them, and their service honors us all. Rest in peace.
Damn, damn, damn...
God bless these American heroes.
Prayers to them.
MSM will have something to report on..........
Oh no...14. God rest their souls and bring comfort to these brave men's families.
one TV report, on the death of 6 snipers this week, said, "It is possible that like another attack that killed four Marines, this was an inside job." Hackett, who lost the Congressional race yesterday wanted GIs and Iraqi working together - the idea sound great until you see these stories and wonder what are the facts. Pray for these men.
Very, very sad. That must have been a huge bomb.
Prayers for our guys.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050803/ts_nm/iraq_marines_dc
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fourteen Marines were killed in a roadside bomb blast in western Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, in one of the single deadliest attacks against U.S. forces since the beginning of the war.
The bomb exploded near a Marine amphibious assault vehicle as it was traveling south of Haditha, a town on the Euphrates river about 200 km (120 miles) northwest of Baghdad. A civilian translator was also killed. One Marine was wounded.
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My prayers and thoughts to their loved ones and comrades, reading that headline feels like a punch in the gut.
Someone ought to show a picture of an amphibious vehicle then perhaps the someone would ask the right questions. Like why are they using such a piece of crap to fight an insurgency with?
I find our policy just crazy. Our finest and best should not be dying for a police action. Marines are trained to wage war, not be cops.
There is no excuse for the Iraqi Army not to be doing this police action. If it is our fault we did not train them, then we screwed up but that should not stop us from pulling out entriely.
If it is the Iraqis fault in that they do not want to fight for their own freedom, then we should pull out at Warp Factor 9 speed.
This is way beyong sickening and unnecessary.
16 killed last week, now 14 today alone. War is hell.
Sucks. Godspeed and please bless their families.
America's finest. Condolences to family and friends.