'The Straight Scoop' A Seabee’s Firsthand Account of Life in Al Kut, Iraq - Part 2

Defend America ^ | Senior Chief Art Messer

[Spruce]

Part one can be found here

[taxcontrol]

Did you guys catch this part:

".... The launchers were French built, tires made in Russia, spare parts made in Germany and new parts lying inside ....."

Nice to know who your "friends" are.

[Prof Engineer]

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[Wright is right!]

"".... The launchers were French built, tires made in Russia, spare parts made in Germany..."

Yuppers, The Big Three that lined up against us. Of course, no one in the media finds this the least bit interesting.

Michael

[getgoing]

thank you for posting, enjoyed reading his interaction with the kids. As for Russia, France & Germany...they suck.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you, Spruce.

When we passed through An Numaniyah there were crowds lining the streets cheering and waving and throwing flowers saying "God Bless America!", "God Bless U.S. Troops!" and "America We Love You!" They were also calling Saddam a few things and one was "Saddam is a Dog!"

'Better than Rita Cosby source', ping!

If you want on or off my pro-Coalition/anti-wanker ping list, just ping.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Right ...

Funny.

Weren't these were the countries that were most strongly protesting the US a few months ago?

Now why would they be protesting the removal of a brutal dictator who is BUYING THEIR WEAPONS????????????

/outrage sarcasm

[SAMWolf]

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[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Remember when Ollie North, as an embed for FN, was making a point of holding up various weapons from caches they found (w/ help from the Iraqis) on the way to Tikrit just after the fall of Baghdad - weapons labeled France, Jordan, Syria...etc.? Our troops found Chinese missiles, and Russian nightvision goggles, etc., etc., etc.

Iraq was packed with weapons by our enemies for the Iraqi people to use against us. The vast majority said NO to Saddam and yes to the US.

Case closed.

[ChewedGum]

The launchers were French built, tires made in Russia, spare parts made in Germany and new parts lying inside manufactured by Siemens Corp of Norway or somewhere like that.

Keep this in mind, people!

Gum

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for the ping!

[Jen]

Bumping for truth!

[quietolong]

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[yoe]

May God bless and keep you safe Senior Chief Art Messer, and many thanks for a wonderful letter and an honest look at the 'front'.

[HISSKGB]

What a strange twist. We now rely on the military sending word back home to boost our moral because of the damage done by TV news. What an impressive military!

[PhilDragoo]

The launchers were French built, tires made in Russia, spare parts made in Germany and new parts lying inside manufactured by Siemens* Corp of Norway** or somewhere like that.

**Siemens AS, the largest unit in the Norwegian group of companies, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German concern, Siemens AG,

*Siemens AG
Wittelsbacherplatz 2
D-80333 Munich
Federal Republic of Germany

[Grampa Dave]

Pinging a great report by a great Sea Bee.

[Grampa Dave]

That picture is a great pictorial summary of this thread.

[windchime]

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