[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, April 9, 2003

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[homeschool mama]

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[2Smart2BLiberal]

What an amazing life moment that must have been for that soldier. Awesome. And for his family to have watched it, live. What a thrill.

[tophat9000]

Check out this about that flag from a London Times post... it was from the Pentagon September 11!

Lieutenant McLaughlin had with him a Stars and Stripes that he had been given at the Pentagon that fateful day. In Baghdad’s Paradise Square, he handed the flag to Corporal Edward Chin, who climbed a giant statue of Saddam and draped it over the deposed dictator’s head.

[SeattleTiger]

God bless him and God bless all our soldiers, whether they are homegrown or delivered from oppressive regimes such as Burma. His origin makes the victory on behalf of the Iraqi people today that much sweeter.

[Anomaly in Illinois]

``I thought, 'Oh, my son, you are making history, you are part of the Iraqis' liberation,'' his father, Stanley Chin, said after watching the image of his son broadcast on television all over the world.

What a great day!

[RippleFire]

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[ladyinred]

That family should be proud! I loved it when he hung that American flag on Saddams ugly face! The best part was the horror of the newsreaders on NBC's reaction to that! LOL!

[Shermy]

John, on one of the three cable networks (I think CNN) I saw a Brit reporter on the scene interview this guy before the statue, just by coincidence. He was in his vehicle, and had a helmet with "CHIN" inked on the front.

[Shermy]

Meaning, before the statue was torn down.

[Anamensis]

You know, I hate to be so cynical, but I work in a university environment and I can't help it: I just can't WAIT till some leftie twit remarks upon that moment and tries linking it to white hegemony. I will throw Chin in her Face faster than you can say "lying in wait."

[Cacique]

Three cheers for a guy from the hood.

[11th_VA]

Marine Cpl. Edward Chin of Brooklyn

[blam]

Bravo Cpl Chin!!

[VOA]

``I'm very proud of him,'' his sister Connie Chin told WWOR-TV. `
`Here's a 23-year-old doing all these amazing things and representing America
and representing it well, I think.''

Ms. Chin, you are a better reporter of momentous events than Connie CHUNG could
ever hope to be.

G-d Bless Marine Chin and all the Coalition and liberated Iraqis.

[nutmeg]

"I thought, 'Oh, my son, you are making history, you are part of the Iraqis' liberation," his father, Stanley Chin, said after watching the image of his son broadcast on television all over the world.

Wow, what a story... God bless Cpl. Edward Chin and all of our troops over there.

[nutmeg]

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[arm958]

Bravo to Corporal Chin. I was disgusted to read a Fred Kaplan piece in Slate Magazine today in which he called Chin a moron for putting the flag on Saddam's head.

[Cold Heat]

Bump!

Nuff said!

[Contra]

The flag sequence was magnificent, couldn't have been done better. First the American flag went up to let the world know who defeated Saddam (and who can defeat anyone else just as easily, if the need arises, hope you're watching Iran and North Korea). Then the Iraqi flag went up, which was a nice touch and popular with the crowd. The flags came down before the statue toppled so that they wouldn't be soiled on the ground. I don't know if this was spontaneous or planned but I thought it was brillantly done.