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14 US Marines killed in Iraq
MSNBC/Imus in the Morning

Posted on 08/03/2005 4:04:27 AM PDT by leadpenny

Roadside bomb in western Iraq.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bushbotrage; bushonvaca; coffins; fallen; haditha; ied; iraq; iraqinam; marines; military; oif; richperlestillalive; semperfi; thelastfullmeasure; usmc; veterans; wherearetheuavs; widowmakerinchief
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To: arasina

I've read all your post on this thread and you and I are on the same sheet of music.


281 posted on 08/03/2005 8:16:12 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Allegra

good guys have gotten very aggressive out at the western border.



We should be getting aggressive out in EASTERN SYRIA.


282 posted on 08/03/2005 8:20:34 AM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: Reagan79

"Please pray for my brother. His name is Chris, he is in that area. He is on an amphibious assault vehicle crew with the reserve unit out of Gulfport, Ms."

May God be with your brother Chris..I thank him for serving our country.


283 posted on 08/03/2005 8:20:39 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Allegra

They are the same small group of "odd" political operatives that always show up at the most inappropriate times, trying to disrupt and dishearten everyone.

It is a chore to respond to the likes of them, but a small one compared to the really important job you are doing over there, so just stay safe and know you have our support and respect.


284 posted on 08/03/2005 8:21:59 AM PDT by chgomac
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To: TomasUSMC

Rumsfeld was in Iraq again last week. I don't believe 'surprise visits' happen without a purpose. Look for changes in the way we're doing things.


285 posted on 08/03/2005 8:22:53 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: The G Man
And a gentle smile crosses the lips of the American left this morning ...

This country will not be washed clean until all liberals are rotting in hell.

286 posted on 08/03/2005 8:24:22 AM PDT by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
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To: Allegra
I distinctly recall President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld, among others, warning that this would take a long time and that they knew people would end up getting discouraged. It was said on many occasions.

That's a standard line in any kind of military effort, for two reasons: 1) it makes no sense to raise peoples' expectations by predicting a quick, easy victory in any situation; and 2) a government has no choice but to use this approach when it has no clue about what lies ahead.

287 posted on 08/03/2005 8:27:44 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: Justanobody

Thank you..


288 posted on 08/03/2005 8:28:21 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: chgomac

What "real response" would we have seen?


289 posted on 08/03/2005 8:29:21 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: The G Man
And a gentle smile crosses the lips of the American left this morning ...

If KOS is any example of leftist sentiment, it's more of a gentle smirk.

290 posted on 08/03/2005 8:30:45 AM PDT by headsonpikes ("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
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To: Double_Plus_Good
I have to agree with the other poster - I am conservative and have also opposed this war from the beginning. Say what you want about the American left, but I have seen no one from either side of the fence "dance with glee" or whatever when Americans die in Iraq. If they really somehow relished the idea of Americans dying, I think they would have supported - not opposed - the war.

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They don't relish the idea of Americans dying. They relish the idea of making Bush look bad. And if Americans die in the course of that happening, then their mindset is "Oh, well. C'est la vie."

Consider a slightly different case, that of that Brazilian guy mistakenly killed by the Brits on the subway a couple of weeks back. Don't you think the left was secretly ecstatic that it turned out he WASN'T a terrorist? Think about that for a minute and consider what it means that they would be happy about that.

291 posted on 08/03/2005 8:31:28 AM PDT by The G Man (The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
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To: F16Fighter

Marines don't ask why and before you make a nazi slander; they don't break the law, either.


292 posted on 08/03/2005 8:33:46 AM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: 11th_VA
We can't even secure our Southern border ..

Make that read, "We WON'T even secure our Southern border. But that's for another thread.

I'm just fed up with our apparent policy of allowing Syria to give foreign terrorists free passage into Iraqi territory. We can't effectively patrol hundreds of miles of open desert border, but we could put unbearable pressure on the duplicitous Syrian government to stop the infiltrators on their side long before they reach the border.

293 posted on 08/03/2005 8:35:17 AM PDT by epow (Get the U.S. out of the U.N. and the UN thugs out of the U.S..)
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To: Dog

A huge can of whoop ass is about to get opened on Haditha



Why not just cart the population out and level the place. No more problems. Heck, we have had to go back again and again to this town. And then after we level it, we level Damascus. Otherwise if we keep fighting this war according to the enemies rules of engagement we will reap what they want us to reap.


294 posted on 08/03/2005 8:35:19 AM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: MEG33

Welcome...


295 posted on 08/03/2005 8:35:39 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (I - LOVE - my attitude problem!)
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To: leadpenny

How on Earth did this happen? 14 Marines from Ohio die in Iraq in a couple days right around the time Hackett and the democrats are trying to take back Ohio and now make hay out of the close result. What are the odds of that? Me thinks Soros has a battalion in Iraq.

That might sound kooky, but really what are the odds? He is one of the richest men on Earth with interests and a foreign policy diametrically opposed to America-- what would it take to reach out to the insurgency and collaborate a bit? And I suspect the bad guys of Haditha have gotten lots of Syrian help. Is it too much to conclude that Young Assad has received help and encouragement from many quarters...including Soros and other america-loathing europeans in high places?


296 posted on 08/03/2005 8:36:54 AM PDT by faithincowboys
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888

You say they are "waging war". Sorry, but that is not true. They are waging a politically correct "kill them softly" campaign



EXACTLY!!!


297 posted on 08/03/2005 8:37:10 AM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: arasina
... What glory and honor ...

They are truly and effectively fighting, (and killing) the enemy. They are slightly bothered by the punks who would denigrate their honor. Kinda like you just did.

298 posted on 08/03/2005 8:37:58 AM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: leadpenny

I agree. First off, cell phones in Iraq need to be outlawed. Cell phones are helping to organize this insurgency as sure as I'm sitting here. During the Saddam era, cell phones weren't allowed, we came in and thought giving everybody a cellphone and a lamb in their pot would make everything simpatico-- clearly that was misguided. We need to crack down!!!

I want bombing. I want the bad guys to feel pain for a change.


299 posted on 08/03/2005 8:40:34 AM PDT by faithincowboys
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To: SMARTY
I actually wish the terrorists had a flag and a country which would claim them.


Your wish has come true. Syria and Iran. The problem now is why our President does nothing about it? Syria and Iran are supplying the terrorist. We need to be smashing those two regimes, not patrolling and making our troops sitting ducks.
300 posted on 08/03/2005 8:42:40 AM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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