[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[tet68]

Oh lord, for that which we are about to receive,
make us grateful. Amen.

[dubie]

This was actually a good read. I enjoyed this article... Well written. Painted a great picture in my mind’s eye.

[Recon Dad]

That was my son’s first unit, 3/6 after SOI.

[r9etb]

The Taliban firing subsided. “We’re moving!” the corporal shouted. The patrol stood and sprinted toward the withdrawing Taliban....

And there, folks, is the difference.

[Da Coyote]

The NYT metroboys are talking about marines “...Getting a Taste of War?”

I dream of my Marines giving the metroboys a taste of lead.

[John-Irish]

Oorah! get some! Keep them safe O Lord. Keep them safe.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest.

[SkyPilot]

Minutes later, gunfire erupted to the south, where another unit, First Battalion, Sixth Marines, had also inserted Marines.....At 12:40, fighting broke out for Third Platoon. For almost three hours, Second and Third Platoons took sporadic fire from insurgents in several directions. At times the fighting was intense, and the gunfire rose and roared and snapped overhead. The fight briefly quieted after a B-1 bomber dropped a 500-pound bomb on a compound near the landing zone, leveling most of the house there. For a short while after the airstrike, the village was quiet. But by late afternoon, the company, which had established a crude outpost in a compound, was taking fire again. Between exchanges of fire, a squad-sized patrol led by Cpl. Thomas D. Drake pushed out across the fields to search the building that had been hit by the airstrike. The Taliban let the Marines walk into an open field and approach a tall stand of dried grass. Then they opened fire in a hasty ambush. The Marines dropped. They fired back, exposed. Gunfire rose to a crescendo.

This is an excellent piece, and I am surprised the NY Slimes allowed it to be published.

I guess now that John Murtha is dead, he won't be calling up to scream at the NY Slimes that these Marines are really war criminals.

Not to worry, I am sure some Democrat will pick up the slack for this:

36 Mins ago - Marine Misfire Kills 12 Civilians

That is war. These Afghani villages are housing, supplying, and protecting the Taliban. This is bound to happen. If you don't want that happening, don't harbor them. We killed plenty of German woemn and children in WW II whose only crime was being born in Germany.

[KeyLargo]