A Marine's Perspective

Somewhere in Iraq | April 3, 2003 | Maj Jeff D Tant IV

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you. You're on now . . .

[Brian Allen]

Thanks, Meeks!

Blessings -- Brian

[mathurine]

I heard this one today. Saddam and his son were hunkered down with some Republican Guards. A voice in the night yelled "one Marine can kick the butts of fifty republican guards.' Saddam was outraged and told his son to order a platoon to deploy and kill the Marine. The platoon went forth and there was great shooting and yelling for a few minutes. When it quieted down, a voice was again heard by Saddam which said "one Marine can kick the butts of a hundred Republican Guards." Saddam threw his hat on the ground and told his son to send an entire company out to take care of that cocky Marine. Yelling and shooting ensued, but in a few minutes a voice called out and said "one Marine can kick the butts of 500 Republican Guards." Saddam called for a battalion of guards to attack the Marine and teach him a lesson. However, this time he told his son to follow the guard battalion and see what was going on over there. Again there was the usual sound and fury, and in a couple minutes a voice was heard to say "One Marine can kick the butts of 5000 republican guards." Saddam immediately began to gather two regiments to go out there and handle the business at hand. But before he could send them, his son crawled back and said "Oh honorable father, Sodamn Insane, the infidel dogs and pigs lie to you. Don't send any more of our soldiers out to meet them. There are two Marines over there.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks Meek.

I can proudly say we are good, fair, and decent people who gave our enemy a choice, which is a whole lot more than they gave our people on 9/11. I believe our cause is just and I believe in what we are doing, which is ultimately protecting the American people; folks should never forget that.

[MeekOneGOP]

NEVER forget is right . . .

[maxwell]

The fact of the matter is, we are kicking the snot out of them. For the sake of historical comparison, ponder this: At Normandy, Iwo Jima, Tarawa, etc, hundreds and even thousands of men were dead or wounded before we had even gotten across the beach. Here, we have captured over 1/3 of the entire country, destroyed huge amounts of the enemy's weapons/ammunition, and cost the enemy thousands of men (killed, wounded, captured), at the cost of very few of our own men and women.

This is the good stuff. THIS is what I don't read in the papers or hear on TV... Why not? Why does the media have such a death wish? Are none of their loved ones on the front lines anywhere-- no vested interest whatsoever?

Thanks for the post, sinator... And the ping, bro... I needed that...

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, Max. :O)

bttt . . .