"Wish You Were Here"

For all the free people that still protest.
You're welcome. We protect you and you are protected by the best.
Your voice is strong and loud,
but who will fight for you? No one standing in your crowd.
We are your fathers, brothers, and sons,
wearing the boots and carrying guns.
We are the ones that leave all we own,
to make sure your future is carved in stone.
We are the ones who fight and die,
We might not be able to save the world, Well, at least we try.
We walked the paths to where we are at
and we want no choice other than that.
so when you rally your group to complain,
take a look in the back of your brain.
In order for that flag you love to fly
wars must be fought and young men must die.
We came here to fight for the ones we hold dear.
If that's not respected, we would rather stay here.
So please stop yelling, put down your signs,
and pray for those behind enemy lines.
When the conflict is over and all is well,
be thankful that we chose to go through hell.

Corporal Joshua Miles and all the boys from 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines,
Kuwait 3/9/2003

I LOVE IT....WANKER..hee..heee.hee

5,701 posted on 04/09/2003 5:30:05 PM PDT by melodie (santa..i have been a good girl this year...all i really really want for xmas is a spec. ops. guy...)

"Dear Sir: "

Don't Sir me ! I work for a living too.

Seriously, thanks, but just being a member of this forum feelings like those are the standard. I, and I'm sure the other vets here, kinda take that as a given unless we see different. I DO appreciate your post. Thanks again.

Nam Vet

5,702 posted on 04/09/2003 5:30:05 PM PDT by Nam Vet (WARNING: Consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an assh*le.)

Colonel Hunt on O'Reilly now!

5,703 posted on 04/09/2003 5:31:05 PM PDT by Miss Marple

April 9, 2003 -- Iraqi Liberation Day

Event and Link Collection : April 9, 2003

Times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Liberal admission that they were wrong about Iraq mission will NOT be forthcoming, time to change the subject
The quagmire was three weeks in duration
We did not suffer massive casualties
Civilian population did not suffer massive casualties
No mass exodus of refugees
No massive retaliation on US soil (the liberals will blame the next one on Bush, for liberating Iraq and thereby provoking the terrorists)
Children held as hostages released from Iraq jails <-- April 8 Link
The Beeb's Summary - War at a glance <-- Link
Two Special Ops rescued near Baghdad (Reuters 4:15 AM) <-- Link
Iraqis celebrate their liberation in the streets (AP 6:38 AM) <-- Link
Iraqis celebrate their liberation in the streets (Reuters 6:30 AM) <-- Link
Tanks reach center city Baghdad (Reuters 7:37 AM) <-- Link
Pictures of "The" statue coming down <-- Link
One media self-obsession fades (being in the line of fire)
Only Iraqi resistance comes from near Palestine Hotel <-- Link
The only shooting in the city center was from Iraqi paramilitaries firing sporadically at U.S. forces across the river. The firing came from around the Palestine Hotel, home to many foreign journalists, but the U.S. military did not return fire.
Journalist deaths maybe caused by Iraqi fire (Guardian 1:20 PM) <-- Link
Iraqi people kick-out Lebanese and Syrian volunteer mercenaries (Reuters 7:30 AM) <-- Link
Baghdad erupts in jubilation (AFP) <-- Link
US may lower threat level to yellow (Wash Post) <-- Link
At CENTCOM presser, Fox News asks first question about POW's held near Rasheed Airfield (after a bunch of selfish reporters ask about keeping reporters safe in a battle zone)
4 ID slated for Tikrit (NY Post 7:59 AM) <-- Link
Coalition fighting near Tikrit (AP 11:26 AM) <-- Link
Marines find torture chamber in Nassiriya (Reuters 11:30 AM) <-- Link
Marines hold nuclear site at Al-Tuwaitha (Pittsburgh Tribune Review 1:29 PM) <-- Link
Joyful greeting for Marines at Amarah (Virginian-Pilot 2:55 PM) <-- Link
Rumsfeld warns Syria (Times [UK] 6:07 PM) <-- Link
"We are getting scraps of intelligence saying that Syria has been co-operative in facilitating the move of the people out of Iraq and into Syria," he said. "Then in some cases they stay there and find safekeeping there, in other cases they move them from Syria to some other places.
Mr Rumsfeld said yesterday that the US was worried about the possibility that the Iraqi regime might have succeeded in spiriting illegal weapons out of the country. He did not name Syria specifically.
One brigade of 4th ID is rolling north from Kuwait (Financial Times 5:14 PM) <-- Link
Other parts of 4th ID mustering (AP 8:03 PM) <-- Link
Deviations from the military plan <-- Link
Expatriate Iraqis celebrate in Dearborn (no press link located)
MOAB reported in theatre (Mosul/Tikrit) (FoxNews 7:05 PM)

Pictures and Cartoons

Straight Vermonter's Collection <-- Pictures
Iraqi kissing picture of GWB "Hero of the Peace" <-- Picture
Go Home / Human Shields / U.S. Wankers <-- Picture
Baghdad Bob's New Assignment <-- Cartoon
Saddam's "grim reaper" Body Double <-- Cartoon

Northern Iraq Maps

Northern Iraq <-- Link (1.1 Mb)
Kirkuk-Arbil Region (north of Tikrit) <-- Link (692 Kb)
Al Mawsil [Mosul]-Arbil Region, Northern Iraq (north of Kirkuk) <-- Link (931 Kb)
Husaybah [Qusaybah] and Iraq/Syria Border (north of Mosul) <-- Link (630 Kb)
Chart of Tikrit Airfields <-- Link (225 Kb)
Satellite images of presidential palaces in Tikrit <-- Link
Multimap of Tikrit (zoom in and out) <-- Link

Good Reads

New York Times says Bush is just dumb-lucky (NYT 6:47 AM)
James Doran: Mourning comes to a town called Comfort <-- Read This
Media Research Analysis of Media Predictions
Ralph Peters: Laboratory of War. No substitute for experience.

5,704 posted on 04/09/2003 5:31:23 PM PDT by Cboldt

Here is a place for a list of those who are both pro-war and anti-war....

http://www.hollywoodpeace.com

Yeah, and WANKERS!

5,705 posted on 04/09/2003 5:31:24 PM PDT by najida (Ignorance is temporary, but stupidity is forever.)

To: angelwings49

I wonder what they'd think ;)

You know I had that thought, too. Knowing how most men are, I doubt either one would object too much to being a pin-up. The phrase, "Ladies, there's plenty of me to go around" comes to mind.

5,706 posted on 04/09/2003 5:31:31 PM PDT by retrokitten (She's the one, the only one, built like an Amazon)

She didn't keep her mouth shut. She used Dashle, Kerry Durbin and the rest of the rats to use her talking points.

5,707 posted on 04/09/2003 5:31:45 PM PDT by LauraJean (Fukai please pass the squid sauce)

You younguns take your Cigar Man and your special ops guy, my guy's on Fox now....Col Hunt.;-)

5,708 posted on 04/09/2003 5:32:09 PM PDT by RightWingMama

Hmm... good to know BOTH Penn and Teller support the war!

5,709 posted on 04/09/2003 5:32:37 PM PDT by ztiworoh

To: najida; melodie

I would rather admire and "drool" over a true hero, a real man, than fantasize about a

HOLLYWOOD WANKER!

sorry mel couldn't resist!

5,710 posted on 04/09/2003 5:33:24 PM PDT by Jackie-O ("WANKER" is my new term of endearment for the Antis!!)

To: RightWingMama

LOL! Someone else (Jackie-O?) mentioned thier crush on Rummy a little while ago, too.

5,711 posted on 04/09/2003 5:33:43 PM PDT by retrokitten (She's the one, the only one, built like an Amazon)

Well, geez

What can I say.... I'm blushing....

5,712 posted on 04/09/2003 5:34:02 PM PDT by juzcuz

It has been fun to go to the site and vent on the anti war folks and then write thank yous to the pro war guys...

You could spend DAYS there :)

5,713 posted on 04/09/2003 5:34:33 PM PDT by najida (Ignorance is temporary, but stupidity is forever.)

So she wins and they lose....not bad.

5,714 posted on 04/09/2003 5:34:40 PM PDT by TheLion

yer killin me jackie..LMAO

5,715 posted on 04/09/2003 5:34:46 PM PDT by melodie (santa..i have been a good girl this year...all i really really want for xmas is a spec. ops. guy...)

Wow! Heading to 6,000 posts. Now there's something to thank Saddam for!

5,716 posted on 04/09/2003 5:35:59 PM PDT by POGIFFMOO (illegitimi non carborundum)

She was a complainer -- she didn't keep her mouth shut -- she was claiming the war money was better spent on "homeland security, first responders, the police and firemen" -- that is, on federal dollops to big urban unions.

5,717 posted on 04/09/2003 5:36:04 PM PDT by bvw

I would rather admire and "drool" over a true hero, a real man, than fantasize about a HOLLYWOOD WANKER!

You're preachin' to the chior sister!

5,718 posted on 04/09/2003 5:36:15 PM PDT by najida (Ignorance is temporary, but stupidity is forever.)

5,719 posted on 04/09/2003 5:36:44 PM PDT by melodie (santa..i have been a good girl this year...all i really really want for xmas is a spec. ops. guy...)

Col. Hunt says we have a high target list of about 40 guys (he calls them the 40 thieves..lol) who we want to get. Mostly he said we just want them dead, because we don't want a lot of long, drawn-out Milosevich trials. He said we will probably try to kill most of them, but keep a few to put on trial for grins. (Miss Marple loves Col. Hunt!)

He thinks since Baghdad fell we will have an easier time in the north. He detailed who he thought would be in thee, Special Ops, Rangers, 173rd, Aussies, etc. Said 173rd has been reinforced with armor.

5,720 posted on 04/09/2003 5:36:55 PM PDT by Miss Marple

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