[txradioguy]

"You've been there and I haven't, but with the firepower we have there is no reason anyone with an RPG or mortar should have gotten that close."

They don't have to get that close. a 60 or an 82mm mortar can be concealed in the back of a Toyota pick up and can be fired from up to a kilometer away. Safely out of the line of sight of the Marines. It's an indirect fire weapon similiar to artillery.

122mm rockets can be fire from up to 2 klicks away. Again safely out of range of our Infantry.

Thanks to the libs and the partisian press we are FORCED to limit collateral damage. IMHO there are NO real innocents where any Iraqi is concerned. Anytime Haji can be paid $50 to go hang three mortar rounds at the local coalition troops on any given night NO ONE should be treated as a non-combatant.

But unfortuneately, our ROE over there won't allow us to act that way.

[TexasCowboy]

"Thanks to the libs and the partisian press we are FORCED to limit collateral damage.
IMHO there are NO real innocents where any Iraqi is concerned."

THANK YOU!

THAT WAS MY POINT!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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