Posted on 08/06/2016 2:59:12 PM PDT by GilGil
Outgunned, outmanoeuvred, hopelessly outnumbered and besieged in the Afghan desert, a small band of British soldiers chose to save a final bullet for themselves rather than fall into Taliban hands.
For nearly two months, the 88 men of Easy Company – a mix of Paratroopers and the Royal Irish – had faced the overwhelming force and firepower of up to 500 Taliban determined to over-run the remote Helmand outpost of Musa Qala.
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Kind of like this one...
The BBB Poem
“We’re the battling bastards of Bataan;
No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam.
No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,
No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces.
And nobody gives a damn.
Nobody gives a damn.
by Frank Hewlett 1942
Kind of sounds like the battle of Wanat. Its criminal to send soldiers to a remote outpost like that without the proper equipment and support. Was there no coordination with the Danes on this?
Thanks for deleting my post, Admin. I guess some of the mods at FR are of the extreme Bible weirdo variety and even when a poster censors profanities with a #$* or *@#, that’s still not good enough.
I disagree.
Bush did nothing of consequence for the duration of his Presidency except starting two wars to save barbarians from themselves, signing Ted Kennedy's No Child Left Behind, and giving rise to the modern radical extremist Liberal movement by volunteering to be a daily punching bag for them.
You left out betrayed us (NYers like me AND The country) by covering for the Sauds after 9/11.
They should have been blasted off the map or invaded by half a million men and their oil taken over.
It was outrageous that he didn’t do anything to them but he’s in bed with them so much i’m surprised he’s not pregnant by them.
Cashiered? Nay, I think not. For something like this, only the gallows would suffice. Not the firing squad, as that is a death with a modicum of honor in it. And whatever honor those who oversaw this once might have had, it is completely forfeit thereafter...
the infowarrior
sPzAbt. 501 and 504 both had them there in 1943.
Justice waits for the next world. Here, the worst are promoted and the best wasted. The gallows have been torn down and criminals infest our institutions. The reality today is that they more likely face promotion like Lon Horiuchi.
Certainly enough Tokyo Rose types on FR that prefer to work overtime on the doom and gloom message while ignoring the real goal.....
Most of them either don't donate to FR or are "shy" and stay anonymous - one can probably assume they also don't donate to a candidate.
To all of them, I strongly urge you to get off your thumbs and donate to a candidate (preferably Trump) and to Donate to FR while you're at it.
Kind of sounds like the battle of Wanat. Its criminal to send soldiers to a remote outpost like that without the proper equipment and support. Was there no coordination with the Danes on this?
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There probably was no coordination. I have heard of too many screw ups like this where people were just following orders and ignoring requests for help.
See post 66
The Royal Irish Regiment.
Yes, a large part of Ireland is now an independent Republic, but all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom for quite a while and part of Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom, and many Irish soldiers have served, and continue to serve in the British Army. For this reason, there are a number of regiments of the British Army linked to Ireland that have the name 'Irish' in their name - the Irish Guards, and the Royal Irish being the two most famous of these.
The current Royal Irish Regiment was re-established in 1992 through the amalgamation of two regiments (the Royal Irish Rangers, and the Ulster Defence Regiment). It carries on a history dating back to 1688. It is officially based out of County Down in Northern Ireland. The regiment recruits in Northern Ireland and in Irish districts throughout the UK (it doesn't officially recruit in the Republic of Ireland for both legal and diplomatic reasons, but some recruits do come from there). Not all members of the Regiment are Irish, but most are at least of Irish descent.
Thanks for the great answer.
A large portion of the population of the South came from Northern Ireland. Their story is told in the book “Born Fighting” which I intend to read eventually.
My part of Florida, Walton County in the Panhandle was a little different in that it was settled by Highland Scots from the Western Islands.
I looked at a census of the Island of Colonsay taken in 1741 and the names were very close to the names of my classmates. The McDonalds, The McMillans, The Campbells, The Bells, The Blues, The McCleans, the McClouds, the McClellans etc. My Mother’s clan the McDuffies go back as far as history goes.
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