'This isn't the Viet Cong we're fighting here'

Telegraph U.K. ^ | 06/09/2003 | By Patrick Bishop in Tikrit

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

Quote of the Day by MNLDS

[JohnHuang2]

Very special ping to you, my friend :-)

[JohnHuang2]

[EternalVigilance]

The kind of an article gauranteed to bring a smile to all who love America, and a frown to the traitors who just happen to live here.

[11B3]

Another day in the life of the Infantry - hunting humans. The best of times indeed for those soldiers. (Yes, I'm jealous, and yes I miss doing that.)

You won't hear any whining out of them now, only when they are rotated back to CONUS and can't stand the BS once out of a war zone. That's the hard part.

[JohnHuang2]

Absolutely, my friend. Great piece.

[Hugin]

Saw a report on Fox today where they went out at night with a sniper team. They find the foxholes the perps are using to fire at our patrols from then setup nearby. No terrorists showed up that night, but when they do they will never know what hit them.

[EternalVigilance]

Yeah, I hear ya.

But what great citizens these fine soldiers are going to be in the years ahead. :-)

[JohnHuang2]

Bump!

[JohnHuang2]

Bump!

[MEG33]

What a refreshing article to begin the day with.I may gain the strength to turn the news on.The traitors have been busy the last day or so!Great find ,John!

[EternalVigilance]

Its commander, Col James Hickey, 42, bristles with an energy and determination that appears to be shared by his 3,300 men. "This brigade is on an offensive footing," he said. "If there's any air in the enemy's lungs, we're going to punch it out."

"That kind of stuff happens and we all know that." said the colonel. "I find it interesting and challenging and I have no doubt we will prevail. We're presenting these guys with a clear choice. They can comply or I'm going to kill them or capture them. I own the streets of Tikrit . . . we go where we want to go, day or night."

Enough to make Patton puff out his chest and smile.

I know I am!

:-)

[MEG33]

Smiling with you!..."We've got by due to persistence and on the ability to fit plans to cicumstances .The other army tries to fit circumstances to the plan."and"The soldier is the Army" Some more words from Patton..."Watch what people are cynical about and one can sometimes find what they lack."

[EternalVigilance]

Those are excellent.

[PogySailor]

"This is the disorganised rearguard of the Ba'athist regime. The enemy has no military competence at a tactical level and suffers from poor marksmanship, relatively poor use of the terrain and an unwillingness to accept risk when attacking us."

Positive article bump.

[leadpenny]

. . . Sgt-Major Hammond Ragin . . .

Sgt Ragin, 26, . . .

You should be jealous. Promotions must be coming quick for the grunts.

[RushLake]

The kind of an article gauranteed to bring a smile to all who love America, and a frown to the traitors who just happen to live here.

Spot on friend. This is not LBJ's military, this is GWB's military. (That is not meant to be a slap to those who fought and would have won VietNam if not for el B J and the other prostitutes.) Our warriors prevail when properly lead.

[section9]

I saw the same report. That unit was attached to the 101st, no?

This kind of thing is what I was hoping for: get out of the vehicles and start hunting on foot. It seems like the majors, colonels, and senior NCO's have their sh*t together when it comes to tactical questions.

I am betting that we are actually bagging Al Qaeda but aren't releasing names, if only to bag others. I also believe that the "miss and run" crowd is being pursued only to the extent that they lead to bigger fish. All others are being shot at to set an example.

The heavy units were unwilling to learn from the light infantry and the Marines. Those units are having extraordinary success at pacification. However, I do notice that attacks against convoys have been reduced. It looks as if the Army heavies have decided not to run at the first RPG shot. In short, something we are doing is profoundly different from the once a day killings we were suffering in June and July.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[metesky]

Good on Pat Bishop and the Telegraph.

[MEG33]

I would say this is GWB's Pentagon who lets the military do its job..win.The presstitutes and the Dems are doing their best to grab defeat from the jaws of victory.We will not tire,We will not falter,We will not fail!