Posted on 03/27/2003 10:33:06 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/27/03 - Umm Qasr, Many patriotic nations and species,
Iraqi T15 Minelayers, captured mines, weapons caches, freed Iraqis,
water and aid delivered uncontrolled by Saddam
GOTTA HEAR THIS
BREAKING: Umm Qasr - Many patriotic nations and species
BREAKING: Umm Qasr - Iraqi T15 Minelayers and captured mines
BREAKING: Umm Qasr - weapons caches in trenches and "schools" and ....
BREAKING: Umm Qasr - freed Iraqi citizens cheer
BREAKING: Umm Qasr - terror is ending
BREAKING: Umm Qasr - Iraqis receive water and aid uncontrolled by Saddam
========= Umm Qasr - Getting Freed by Coaliton Forces =========
In Umm Qasr, heroes of the British Royal Marines and MEU 'Raiders' have taken control.
Marine heroes AGAIN help injured POWs.
How different remains the terrorist Iraqi treatment of POWs.
In Umm Qasr, champions of the 15 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) moving north.
In Umm Qasr,the water treatment plant.
In Umm Qasr, Royal Navy heroes detect mines and secure Iraq's only deep-water port.
In Umm Qasr, Polish patriotic SF in the port of Umm Qasr
with Navy Seals. Go GROM.
In Umm Qasr, Australian heroes detect mines; found 4 mines during his last dive.
In Umm Qasr, patriotic dolphins detect mines.
In Umm Qasr, captured terrorist Lugum mines.
In Umm Qasr, HMS Brockelsby on a mine hunting operation.
Found were two recently discovered manta mines and a Lugum mine.
Captured Iraqi T15 Minelayers.
In Umm Qasr, at the weapons caches are found, left by the Iraqi army.
In Umm Qasr, other weapons caches were revealed by the liberated Iraqis.
In Umm Qasr, at a "school" where rocket-propelled grenades and mortars
were found. Some school.
In Umm Qasr, freed Iraqi citizens cheer and wave.
In Umm Qasr, terror is ended.
In Umm Qasr, Iraqis receive aid and help, uncontrolled by Saddam,
as President Bush promised.
In Umm Qasr, Iraqis receive water uncontrolled by Saddam.
Score a big one for the good guys.
To Any Iraqi Lurkers:
GOTTA HEAR THIS
To the Gallant Valiant Heroes of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Poland, and the Rest:
Stay safe, Good hunting, Fly like the Wind.
SONG FOR TODAY, FOR THE WAR ON ENDURING FREEDOM
(long load of music and war pictures)
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"I won't back down" [Link from Tiggerfoot; thanks]
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Please spend a few hours today helping for success in the War for Enduring Freedom,
or/and post your thought, missive, picture, thread, analysis, greetings to those serving overseas,
venting, update, correction, observation, or anything else of interest.
Pick another city and post some pictures, or a thread. Thank you.
END OF TRANSMISSION 03/27/03 .......... K
Gunnrmike
Amen.
During the first Gulf War, they flew their planes to Iran so we wouldn't blow them out of the sky. I don't think Iran ever gave them back Heh.Heh.
Dio: These are such awesome pictures. They show so beautifully the compassion of the Coalition forces, and that contrasts so starkly with the brutality of the Hussein regime.
What a guy! $;-)
This was originally written about firfighters, but I rewrote it to be about soldiers.
The Creation of the Soldier
When the Lord was creating Soldiers, he was into his sixth day of overtime
when an Angel appeared and said, "Your doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."
And the Lord said "Have you read the specification on this person?
Soldiers have to be able to go for hours fighting or tending to a
person that the usual every day person would never touch, all the while putting
in the back of their mind the circumstances.
They have to be able to move at a moments notice and not think twice of what
they are about to do, no matter what danger.
They have to be in top physical condition at all times, running on half-eaten MRE's,
and very little sleep.
They must have six pairs of hands."
The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands...no way."
"It's not the hands that are causing me problems, " said the Lord,
"it's the three pairs of eyes a Soldier has to have."
That's on the standard model? " asked the angel.
The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through the smoke and haze where they and
their fellow Soldiers should fight the enemy next. Another pair here in the
side of the head to see their fellow Soldiers and keep them safe.
And a third pair of eyes in the front so that they can look for the the wounded
caught in the fight that may need their help."
"Lord" said the angel, touching his sleeve, " Rest and work on this tomorrow."
"I can't, said the Lord, "I already have a model that can carry a 100 pounds of gear
for miles on end, or a fellow soldier to safety from a battle area, and can feed a
family of five on a Military service paycheck."
The angel circled the model of the Soldier very slowly, "Can it think?"
"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the parts of a hundred different pieces
of equipment; and can recite in their sleep the procedures that are needed to
care for a wounded soldier until they are taken away by the medics or corpsmen.
And all the while they have to keep their wits about themselves.
This Soldier also must have phenomenal personal control.
They can deal with scenes full of pain, hurt, noise and smoke,
They can be laughing and joking one second and fierce and hard in the next.
And still they rarely get the recognition for a job well done from anybody, other than from fellow Soldiers."
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Soldier.
"There's a leak", she pronounced. "Lord, it's a tear."
"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.
"It's a tear from bottled-up emotions for fallen comrades.
A tear for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the flag.
It's a tear for all the pain and suffering they have encountered.
And it's a tear for their commitment to defending our freedoms and
saving lives of their fellow man!"
"What a wonderful feature Lord, you're a genius" said the angel.
The Lord looked somber and said "I didn't put it there."
Rewritten in honor of our Troops 3/26/03
by David K. (aka Johnny Gage)
Dolphins can be PATRIOTS?
Oh, well, I guess if PETA says they can be "employed against their will" to hunt mines, that means they have a will, and so they can "choose" to be patriotic.
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