Posted on 01/20/2007 6:31:11 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Just like Vietnam, the media is trying to lose this war for us.
Hmm, the article says the helicopter suffered a mechanical glitch. No one shot it down. Helicopters don't really fly, they beat the air into submission, but not so very infrequently, the air wins.
Navy Capt. Frank Pascual, a member of a U.S. media relations team in the United Arab Emirates, told Al-Arabiya television that the helicopter was believed to have suffered technical troubles before going down.
When the big numbers of troops arrive, the militias will simply disappear. There will be nothing to apply the firepower to.
Oh dear Lord, my heart and prayers go out to their families, friends and battle buddies.
The MSM is such a crock. 20 in one day is not a fun thing, and my prayers and sympathy go out to all the families. I suspect my son will be deployed there within months, although we don't know for sure at the present.
But it was not uncommon to lose 3,000 servicemen in an single day during WW II. Thank god we didn't have today's media back then.
If they are going after the Shiite militias, they are doing the job, finally.
But I guess you'd just rather kill 'em all and let God sort them out? Well, I hate to tell you, but that's just not going happen, , even with the use of strategic sized nukes. Nor would it work if it did, unless by "all" you mean all Muslims, including the ones fighting side by side with our forces against the evil ones, and the ones giving us basing rights in their counties, and so on.
No, these things have to be done properly. The right people have to be killed or imprisoned. (I prefer killed BTW, less repercussions).
Seems to me that they have, what with raiding hospitals, grabbing Mookie's aides, and whatever was going down with those US choppers buzzing around Mookie's HQ.
Say no more, we know who you've thrown in with. Pretty unsavory company I'd say.
The troops, for the most part, don't think it's a quamire, nor does their military and civilian leadership.
Now the Cape Cod Orca, Nancy Pelosini, Dingy Harry, Mad Murtha, and that whole crowd, along with the various ABCCBSMSNBCAOLTIMEWARNERCNN talking heads, call it a quagmire, as they have from day negative 600 or so. They predicted a quagmire in Afghanistan before the first boots hit the ground there.
But you're welcome to that crowd, you can have 'em.
About 400,000 fewer casualties, for starters.
All our cities are more or less intact. Well except for New Orleans, and the terrorists had nothing do with that quagmire, except for the NOPD and NO mayor that is.
We've got pile and piles of dead terrorists that won't be shooting up your local mall.
We've got at least semi-functioning Free governments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Functioning in the face of foreign and foreign supported terrorist actions the likes of which even Israel has rarely experienced. The Mad Mullahs and Angry Ayatollahs are giving it their best shot, and are not winning.
Well Laverne this is how I see it, he "Jorge" is commander-in-chief, if he doesn't have the get up to give the order. Then get out of the way and let someone else do it. But we've got to stop this hunker down and get good men killed stuff.
That is the one Sadr uses, although he has considerable presence in Sadar City, which is really a western neighborhood of Baghdad.
You think those US helicopters were just sightseeing around Sadr's HQ?
You obviously didn't listen to the President's recent speech about the increase in troop strength. You also haven't been following recent news stories to closely. The reason the troops pulled back after clearing an area was that their were not sufficient troops, coalition and/or Iraqi, to hold them. That's Bush's fault, and he likely got that advice from Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld is out, and the President seems to be getting different advice now.
We've got a Marine as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, we've put the General who literally wrote the book on fighting insurgencies in as the Commander on the ground in Iraq, and for the first time ever, put a Carrier Admiral in charge of CentCom.
Your critique is welcome. Let's see how it goes.
Before you go running off at the keyboard like that, you really ought to get your facts straight. The German surrender, VE day, was in May of 1945, the Japanese surrender, VJ day, didn't occur until August of that year.
Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen.
That so sucks,hold you close in prayer.
How about the former commander of the 101st Airborne who commanded it during the initial invasion of Iraq? He's just been named Commander of the Coalition forces in Iraq. Earlier he commanded a battalion in the 101st, and a brigade in the 82nd. Not special ops, but definitely a down and dirty bunch. Or is a paratrooper just too "wimpy" for you? Additionally he's most recently been the commander of the Combined Arms Center at Ft. Leavenworth.
As for "Top Special Forces generals, the Chief of Staff of the Army, http://www.army.mil/leaders/leaders/csa/biography.html> General Peter Schoomaker, was pulled out of retirement in 2003 to become the CoS. He was Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command from July 1994 to August 1996, followed by command of the United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina through October 1997. His most recent assignment prior to assuming duties as the Army Chief of Staff was as Commander in Chief, United States Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, from November 1997 to November 2000. He's also served with and commanded more conventional units as well.
"Top" and "Special" enough for you?
If your concern is which came first (by 3 months) -- the Japanese surrender or the German surrender -- you missed the point of the statement.
Nope. Tougher than me, for sure. Does that suit you?
"Top" and "Special" enough for you?
Yup.
Now, let's see if they are allowed to fight. Let's see how it goes.
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