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Last week in Iraq - a recap of our military's outstanding security efforts
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| 8/02/03
Posted on 08/02/2003 1:52:48 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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*****Iraq is about the size of California.
Iraq has a population of over 24 million. Baghdad, a population of over 5 million.
We have over 150,000 U.S. troops stationed in and around Iraq.
Saddam - and other enemies of America - poured weapons into Iraq before the war - filling schools and warehouses and hospitals across the country - within easy reach of even the children. The vast majority of Iraqi people chose not to fight.
A small percentage of Saddam loyalists and terrorist wannabes remain - tens of thousands of some of the nastiest low-lifes in history. They have no future in Iraq. OUR press and policiticians give these bad guys false hope daily - every time they hype casualties and ignore the successes of our troops.
CLUE for the press and the DEMS - the troops KNOW why they are in Iraq. They aren't risking their lives because of 16 words or 28 pages or because Clinton bombed the Sudan aspirin factory after Monica's grand jury testimony and incited the Taliban jihad against America. When OUR press and politicians exaggerate the dwindling enemy's strength and call four months of outstanding work in Iraq a 'failure of the peace', THEY - and not the troops, the military leaders or the President - threaten the peace.
During the week of July 27 - August 2: 7 soldiers died (5 due to hostile action), 14 soldiers were wounded serving their country in Iraq.
Over 149,979 U.S. troops responded, as always, with focus, determination, and honor - on behalf of their comrades and country.
Quagmire, guerilla warfare, mass US casualties? No.
Not now, not yesterday....in spite of the deliberate efforts of the press, the UN, international socialist NGOs and the Democratic Party of America to undermine the President, the troops, the country, and the will of the people by misrepresenting the situation on the ground to the watching world daily for four months and 14 days - and counting.
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posted on
08/02/2003 1:55:01 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam and his sons were equal opportunity oppressors." - Dep.SOD Wolfowitz, 7/29)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
While conducting a routine patrol, a unit of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment discovered large caliber ammunition, consisting of several primers and 130 mm rounds, at a house in the area. Seven individuals were detained for questioning. Third ACR engineers destroyed the ammunition. They should institute a policy of "destroy in place". For safety reasons if nothing else.
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posted on
08/02/2003 2:00:27 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks and a bump.
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posted on
08/02/2003 2:02:15 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Another outstanding effort RC! Thanks for posting some good news.
Everybody that comes back from visiting Iraq gushes at the amazing progress our guys are making over there. With the brothers six feet under, the intel will pour in now.
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posted on
08/02/2003 2:10:40 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thank you for this post. Sad CNN et al can't report anything other than doom and gloom.
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posted on
08/02/2003 2:12:36 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
ping
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Day by day and inch by inch true American heroes accomplish the impossible.
To our troops I say ~ "Well done, thank you~~~and Godspeed."
To: glorgau
Some caches are big enough to blow a hole the size of a football field in the middle of a neighborhood. Saddam, the seriously rotten man he is, made sure that booby traps were set across the nation. One stray missile - or an enemy RPG fired into a school/hospital packed with ammo - hundreds (or more) could have been killed.
Every week of this war has been miraculously free of mass casualties - because of the skill and courage of our troops and their commanding officers, help from grateful Iraqi people - and...something beyond us, imho. How else to explain the weekly progress of our troops in spite of all the worldly forces with the loudest voices working against them?
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posted on
08/02/2003 2:25:30 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam and his sons were equal opportunity oppressors." - Dep.SOD Wolfowitz, 7/29)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Lots of our "friends" on the left and the extreme right are wailing about us being in a pointless war that has turned into a quagmire. Here are some quick comparisons to ONE SINGLE OPERATION of WWII that was not called a quagmire by the U.S. press at the time, although anyone who was there might have disagreed. And although FDR's cheering section said nothing of the kind, it was arguably an unnecessary battle, and thus as "pointless" as many.
Here are some comparisons:
Iraq 2003: 142 days of military operations
Huertgenwald 1944: 114 days of military operations
Iraq 2003: 150,000 troops committed
Huertgenwald 1944: 120,000 troops committed
Iraq 2003: 167 killed (I don't have wounded stats)
Huertgenwald 1944: 24,000 (that is correct- twenty-four THOUSAND) killed, wounded, captured or missing, plus another 9,000 removed for medical reasons
Iraq 2003: area 168,709(some compare it to the state of California)
Huertgenwald 1944: approximately 200 square miles (smaller than the average size of an Iowa county)
So here we are... witnessing AP, Reuers, AFP, Yahoo, Al Jizz, Howard Dean, half the 'rat base, 50% of the 1%ers, and so on, screaming about the mess we are in. What in God's name would these same people have said about operations in front of the Roer River? How can that kind of blatant, agenda-driven phony hysteria be tolerated by anyone of sound mind? I am not going to belittle any American soldier's death - indeed, that is why I am praying like never before - yet I am thankful that we have not seen 289 soldiers coming back in bags for 114 straight days... and all in a tiny little corner of just one of two major theatres of operations.
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posted on
08/02/2003 3:34:36 PM PDT
by
niteowl77
(If you aren't still praying for our troops, then you had best take it up again.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
exactly...........150 kia per week was the average for vietnam
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posted on
08/02/2003 5:24:26 PM PDT
by
ehoxha
To: edskid
I am not going to belittle any American soldier's death - indeed, that is why I am praying like never before - yet I am thankful that we have not seen 289 soldiers coming back in bags for 114 straight days... and all in a tiny little corner of just one of two major theatres of operations.Amen, ed. Thank you for your contribution. The facts matter. Please keep sharing them with those sucked in by the 24/7 rat-'news'.
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posted on
08/02/2003 5:28:27 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam and his sons were equal opportunity oppressors." - Dep.SOD Wolfowitz, 7/29)
To: ehoxha
Just say, "NO" to the detractors, eh.
CENTCOM, the PRIMARY news source on Iraq reported. The press ignored them. That's criminally irresponsible when world opinion is shaped by these reporters, imho.
The case against the left re. the war:
CENTCOM: daily good works and security successes:
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posted on
08/02/2003 5:43:22 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam and his sons were equal opportunity oppressors." - Dep.SOD Wolfowitz, 7/29)
To: MeeknMing; Grampa Dave; ALOHA RONNIE; RonDog; mtngrl@vrwc; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; MoJo2001; ...
During the week of July 27 - August 2: 7 soldiers died (5 due to hostile action), 14 soldiers were wounded serving their country in Iraq.
Over 149,979 U.S. troops responded, as always, with focus, determination, and honor - on behalf of their comrades and country.
Quagmire, guerilla warfare, mass US casualties? No.
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posted on
08/02/2003 5:50:45 PM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam and his sons were equal opportunity oppressors." - Dep.SOD Wolfowitz, 7/29)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Big Bump! Thanks
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
What makes you so mad is that if WE have access to these press releases, why doesn't the media even bother to read them? We can't wait for them to come out each day.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
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posted on
08/02/2003 6:13:10 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Coming Soon !: Freeper site on Comcast. Found the URL. Gotta fix it now.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
The 101st AADs 3rd Brigade Combat Team, nicknamed the Rakassans, graduated 60 police officers July 26 from their academy in Sinjar. The new police officers will serve as future cadre for the academy. New classes are scheduled to start this week.Isn't this the MASH routine? Watch one, do one, teach one?
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posted on
08/02/2003 10:18:30 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(A living example of the Peter Principle since 1983.)
To: Fearless Flyers; Ragtime Cowgirl
Fearless Flyers : This would be a good thread to post your essay!
Thanks Ragtime Cowgirl for your continual support of the military!
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Ragtime Cowgirl
Hey Tonk , thanks for the bump.
It's good to see some good news for the coalition.
Thanks Ragtime Cowgirl, I was looking for a link like this thread a couple weeks ago, but all I could come away with is what follows.
The One-A-Day Vitamin for the Anti-American Agenda
By: Matthew B. Rogers
A lot of fuss has been made about media bias in our Nations newsrooms. The elites that bring us our managed news are quick to deny the accusations and the more the complaints roll in the more vigorously the accusations are denied.
It is an unfortunate fact that Americans continue to be attacked daily in Iraq and no American should be happy that the brave defenders of our freedoms are facing fatalities at an average of one soldier a day. But there exists another fact that should be of even greater concern.
Where is the score card? We have sent our young men into a war zone and our media is more interested in reporting and uncovering perceived failures of their actions than reporting on our Troops successes.
It is impossible to compare the actions of past military campaigns with the more recent wars of today and not recognize that never have we been so lucky with our fatality rates. Not only are we not experiencing the catastrophic loss of military personal, which was predicted by the media during the build up to the campaign, but we are also succeeding in fighting a humane war that allows the enemy to avoid facing their own catastrophic losses. The public is not aware of this fact, because no one in the media is keeping a score card.
We see reports everyday about the decreasing moral of the soldiers in the field and the public is asked to have sympathy for their situation. Americas journalists want us to believe this is new and our foot soldiers have never been known to complain in past conflicts. Unfortunately the news media is doing nothing to try to correct the problem and are denying our military personal the glory of celebrating their successes, because they do not care to report their accomplishments. If you study all the news reports of the day, you would begin to think our soldiers are ignoramuses who stand out in the open like sitting ducks without any regard for their own safety.
Where is the outrage, that our own news media is constantly celebrating the victories of our enemies in killing American soldiers at an average of one a day? They refuse to allow the American Public the knowledge that would give us reason to celebrate the soldiers achievements and build up military moral. Have we become so limp and bent over that we allow journalists to blatantly supply comfort to our enemies, from right here on our home soil?
It is no longer a matter of media bias it has become a matter of anti-American Journalists. We are being kicked in the ass by treasonous bastards who have no respect for the great achievements of our own brave Patriots and would rather help build up the moral of our enemies. Can even the stupidest among us, believe our troops are sitting on their thumbs and not making any effort to create a safer Iraq, by capturing the hold outs and killing them when necessary? Does anyone believe that our military is not working to achieve their mission so they can all come home? These are the messages our news media seems to be trying to get across to the American public.
Im not trying to make a claim that our military forces are infallible, but they are no where near the incompetence level they are made out to be in news. The failure of the journalists to report all the facts and not just negative details, they diligently work twenty four hours a day to uncover, is incompetent and breaks every rule of journalism. Even if it was their job to only report the negative, they are missing the most negative story of the war, which is their own anti-Americanism.
What purpose is not reporting all the facts serving? It doesnt create a well informed public it doesnt serve to boost the moral of our troops and it doesnt help to unite the people during a time of war. The only purposes it does serve is to divide the people, weaken the moral of our troops and give our enemy hope that Americas resolve is faltering and we will soon run home crying. These facts point to only one conclusion and that is that our journalists are a bunch of incompetent treasonous bastards, who exploit the death of our patriotic military personal, to feed their desire to see our Nation fail. The average loss of one soldier a day in Iraq has become the one-a-day vitamin, for the anti-American Agenda.
The time will come to call accounts, on the actions that brought us to finish the war in Iraq. We as a Constitutional Republic should not be able to go to war with a divided Congress. Our Constitution has specific safe guards in place to prevent this. Our greatest strength is our unity. They had a chance to pass a concise plainly worded bill, in a style of our Constitution everyone could understand, declaring war on Iraq, instead they passed some vague language more resembling one of my sorted works, but still giving the President authority to use military force. Leaving more questions than answers but assuring the politicians would have something to pry the people apart with in the future.
http://fearless-flyers.com
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posted on
08/03/2003 2:03:18 AM PDT
by
Fearless Flyers
(Proud to be of The Brave and the Free, http://fearless-flyers.com)
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