[La Enchiladita]

God bless our Marines!!! And Allies. Outstanding job.

[Drill Thrawl]

Our troops simply amaze me! They can still get this kind of thing done while their CIC keeps them off-balance with hands tied behind their backs.

Nice job people. Keep it up.

[Mr. Jazzy]

OooRah!

God bless our “devil dogs”!!!

[La Enchiladita]

Marines from the 1,500-strong 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, moved methodically through an insurgent warren, picking their way through homemade mines and ending the day in control of about one third of the neighborhood of low homes surrounded by cracked mud-brick walls.

At one point in a nearby bazaar, a lieutenant noticed new wire on an old pole. Further investigation revealed it was connected to eight mortar shells buried beneath 100 yards of road, intended to destroy multiple vehicles in a military convoy. Explosives teams detonated the booby-trap safely.

Just a day earlier, the area, called the Pork Chop [heh] for its shape on the map, had been a haven for insurgents, who used positions there to pepper the Marine outpost with sniper fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Since the offensive began on Saturday, insurgents had been moving each morning to fighting positions in the Pork Chop.

On Tuesday, it appeared that the large number of coalition troops and vehicles with heavy weapons prevented the insurgents from making their way there.

[The KG9 Kid]

Gather all the civilians in the town together for a mendatory dental hygiene lesson led by a Navy Corpsman while the Marines in the background burn their hooches to the dirt.

[Just Lori]

[tobyhill]

“U.S.-led coalition bills as its biggest offensive since the Taliban's fall in 2001”

God bless our troops but the MSM and Washingtoncrats have billed this as the biggest offense yet it was Tora Bora that killed over 200 Al-Qaeda.

[robert561]

Yes, great job America!!!

[dervish]

Go Marines!

May God keep them safe and return them to their families.

[MinorityRepublican]

Not enough Insurgent casualties in this battle. They’ll just melt away into the countryside and re-emerge somewhere.

[ohioWfan]

And with the official U.S. government against them.

These are brave, BRAVE Americans!

God BLESS our troops!!

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Gob bless them all. Excellent work, men.

[left that other site]

God Bless our troops each and every day!

[Feline_AIDS]

They had government offices? I’m kind of impressed. I wonder what the funding is for the Department of Human Shields.

[I Hate Obama]

Great Job Marines! God Bless!

Although we should be raising the American flag until the Afghans can fight for themselves.

[Churchillspirit]

May God protect these brave troops.