[stm]

Not bitten by the snake huh? Ignorant huh? The only reason I am even able to reply to this post of yours is because back in September of 2003 my front plate stopped the AK-47 bullet headed straight for my heart, the impact of which broke three of my ribs. When we killed that "insurgent" MF we found he was carrying a Syrian passport.

So tell my again how I have not been bitten by the rattlesnake?

[Lurker]

So why isn't the US Government responding to this rather obvous State Sponsored Act Of War? Why aren't a couple of armored divisions rolling on Damascus?

And just for the record, I pulled more than one dead Marine out of the rubble of the barracks in Beirut so don't go telling my I haven't paid my dues.

I've been 'bitten by the snake', too. I'm just not willing to have a second go around with 'em.

Once again, thanks for your service. And I hope you buried the bastard who shot you wrapped in a pigskin face down with his feet towards Mecca.

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[illinoissmith]

Thanks, stm, for what you've done - you are an American hero.

[RouxStir]

Maybe you aren't ignorant, maybe your occipital and temporal lobes have converted to islam.

Here's an interesting story about some rattlesnakes that escaped from a zoo. Funny that their final portal to freedom was a MOSQUE:

"Twenty Three Muahideen affiliated with Al-Qaeda have escaped from a maximum security prison in Yemen. Among the escapees are 13 convicted of the attack on USS Cole and the French tanker Limbourg. The prisoners dug a 70 meter tunnel under prison cells to the mosque near shore. They were assisted by others."