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No no. I have enough trouble just being Shelion. haha!
Posted on 08/23/2006 9:57:41 AM PDT by Citizen SMASH
Want the truth on the ground in Iraq?
Thanks to the good folks at Central Command Public Affairs, I was able to interview a Marine that's sort of been one my favorites to watch in Iraq. He is US Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Erik E. Duane, and he's a Civil Affairs detachment chief in the Denver Area of Operations. Since the Iraqis call their Gunnys "Lions" and Gunny Duane was inducted into a local tribe as a Sheik, he is Sheik Lion.
Here's the interview unedited (except for my spelling errors) with Gunnery Sergeant Erik E. Duane:
B5: Tell me about AO Denver. What are the Iraqis like (how many are working, kind of jobs, crime rates, etc.)?:
AO Denver covers approximately 33,000 square miles, about the size of South Carolina. The area I work in is the western Euphrates River Valley near the Al Asad airbase. The airbase is the largest US base in AO Denver. The Iraqis in our area are predominantly Sunni Muslims who were primarily left alone by Saddam during his 30+ year tyrannical reign mostly because Saddam himself is a Sunni. The people here aren't much different than any other part of Iraq in the east/west/southern sectors of the country. They are mostly curious and many times great us warmly and invite us for a meal or tea. In most of the areas I travel people recognize me or my team members and are openly affectionate with their greetings. People are working here in the local area in various infrastructure jobs. We have hundreds of local policemen, and Iraqi soldiers to provide security for the region. We have hundreds of Iraqis employed in waste removal, water treatment and electrical works...
(Excerpt) Read more at blackfive.net ...
Thanks for posting this. The bloggers doing the work that the MS refuses to even contemplate.
BTW, I haven't had a chance to listen to Hugh Hewitt much lately. Are you keeping him in line?
MS = MSM
Blackfive PING
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ping for later...great read on the interview.
Blackfive and Michael Yon's pages are great reads, I respect their opinions.
Some guy named "Carl" left some comments on the blog complaining about the "powder puff" interview, which kind of ticked me off.
I saw the purpose of this interview as a chance to outline some positive things, told by someone who believes fervently that there are positive things to be told. We get plenty of negativism from nearly every other facet of the media, and this guy wants to gripe because Blackfive didn't put the "Sheik Lion" Gunny on the hotseat.
Sheesh.
Since we get all the negative, amplified and headlined on a dialy basis, it's damn good to get the "rest of the story" as Paul Harvey says.
We'll never hear the Iraqi people want democracy from the RATS and the enemedia. Thank you Gunnery Sergeant Duane for your service and your report.
Excellent interview, thanks for the post and the ping.
I meant to ping you also with my post.
Thank you for the ping, Pissant.
MS=MSM=ENEMEDIA
I saw that. What a moroon! Did you respond to him? ;*)
Here's a thread title for ya!!!
LOL
No no. I have enough trouble just being Shelion. haha!
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Ok, we'll leave the "ik" part out...
Ok, we'll leave the "ik" part out...
~whew!
Ok! Thank you!!! hehe!
Oh! I know!!!!!!
Just wanted to be sure you were payin attention along with alla them taxes!!! (that baby is WAY too CUTE!!!)
That's a cat. LOL!!!
Thanks, pissant!
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