Posted on 11/09/2004 8:02:36 PM PST by saquin
No, you don't. Thankfully, these guys were just stupid, and our guys turned them into worm food. In war, stupid=dead.
It's 229 years. Founded at Tun Tavern by Captain Mullins in 1775, I think.
The Old Gray Whore
Just ain't what she used to be
Ain't what she used to be
Ain't what she used to be
The Old Gray Whore
Just ain't what she used to be
Many long years ago.
'were probably a bad translation from Indonesian or something, with diagrams that don't make any sense'
the instructions were in FRENCH, of course....
I always enjoy the mental image of the wild eyed Palestinian suicide bomber riding his bicycle, hell bent for leather, towards an Israeli guard post, when, in his excitement, fear, and determination, he prematurely exploded himself, leaving the front wheel of his bicycle rolling slowly into the guard post wall and falling over, to the amazement of Israeli guards left shaking their heads.
Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, 1775
14.10 hrs 1st Marine is given his shilling and sworn in.
14: 25 hrs 2nd Marine is sworn in and then given his shilling. Told to go stand by the 1st Marine sworn in.
1st Marine to 2nd Marine: "We never did it like that in the OLD Corps!"
A little old soldier humor there boys and girls in memory of all the good young jarheads in VMO-2 who saved this young soldier's ass in 1965.
Is "Dexter Filkins" Jayson Blair's new pseudonym?
Be kind of hard, we never built that many MOABs. Besides a 500 to 2000 pound JDAM could do the job just as well, and AFAIK, we have plenty of those. Even a 500 pounders might be overkill. Just send in an AC-130 or even an A-10 (or an Apache) and chop the thing to pieces with 30 or 40 mm cannon fire.
God Bless our troops! You're in our hearts and prayers!
Easy for you to say sitting at home. By your simplistic logic, everyone who goes into battle is "stupid".
Obviously these 7 guys who drove into a situation where they were hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned knew the consequences.
Even to the point of preferring death to surrender. Have to give them that much at least.
Fox aired a gun camera video of a bombing run in the city today. The bomb went off and triggered dozens of secondary explosions from all of the IED's that were set up along both sides of the road. Dozens.
This ain't going to be easy, but it has to be done.
"Nothing here makes sense, but the Americans' superior training and firepower eventually seem to prevail"
How about the bravery of our troops or is that word unknown to the NYTimes.
I'm also glad that we are doing it there instead of here..
No, I don't think everyone who goes into battle is "stupid". Where did you get that from? There's a difference between bravery and foolhardiness. Fortunately, these attackers failed miserably in their purpose. They threw their lives away to no effect. I wish all their brethren the same fate.
"The wounds and the exhaustion were taking their toll on the marines."
For some reason I believe that the wounds and exhaustion are taking their toll on the terrorists WAY more than on our brave marines. NYT always gets it bass ackwards.
my son was the marine that took out that jeep with his saw(squad automatic weapon)100 rounds then a reload and then another 100 rounds, he shared this with me while he was recovering in Bethesda naval hospital after he was wounded a few days later in an ambush. not something a 22 year old should have to remember for the rest of his life
there was only 3-4 marines in the street providing security for the rest of the platoon that was inside a building..the enemy thought they were an easy target
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