Marines armed with chocolate find friends

Times Online ^ | March 26, 2003 | From Daniel McGrory in Umm Qasr

[siliconpatriot]

I was just getting ready to post this one myself.

I know many in the UK don't love us, but I was disappointed to see this news outfit rip the USA in their subtle way. I thought the US and the UK were better friends than this.

It's really too bad they don't seem to be able to find anything good to say about our troops.

And I haven't heard of their guys leading the charge anywhere! It seems to me they are simply guarding what we've captured.

[TADSLOS]

Notice how all but one of the British Marines making comment conveniently lack names in the report. I'd say this is about 99% B.S. combined with the usual leftist media spin.

[lsee]

rested his machinegun on the ground

Would a Marine do that?

[MattinNJ]

They prefer to try and flatten everything in front of them which we think only scares the living daylights out of the locals, not get them on your side.”

Works for me. I took it as a compliment.

[annyokie]

Nice picture, Yoni! I remember seeing similar pix when I was a grammer schooler and we were in Viet Nam.

[holyscroller]

Kindness and goodies for the kids may pay dividends in 20 years. We should be shipping all the candy over for them that we can.

[siliconpatriot]

I'm for the candy or anything else that smoothes relations and is easy to offer. But the way that article was written stinks. The writer must be part french.

[Maigrey]

I would hope that our dear brothers-in-arms would understand that we are there to go and kill the hydra, while they are there to take off the other heads.

Bravo to the HM Fighting men for winning the hearts of the locals. Bravo!

[annyokie]

I was just thinking that I would like to send goodies to our boys and girls in combat. Does any one have an address?

[siliconpatriot]

http://www.uso.com/pubs/8_20_1395.cfm

[WestTexasWend]

Sounds like the spirit of Monty lives on. The American's took the beating and Montgomery took the credit. But the German's knew better: "Patton, he was your best."

The headline should read "A Peace of Chocolate"...something the French, Belgians and Germans could support.

[annyokie]

Thank you, Sir!

[denydenydeny]

What a comtemptible piece of offal this article is.

[THE Aardvark]

Send them the most famous consumer items America has to offer. They've undoubetedly heard of Coca Cola, Mc Donalds, Levi's and things like that, so send it over by the boatload, or drop it on Baghdad.

[holyscroller]

To find a serviceman who would like mail or a package, go to www.operationmilitarysupport.com As soon as you sign up, they will send you the name and address of a serviceman. I've sent 7 boxes so far. (You fill a shoebox with stuff, that's the biggest they can get.) If you need the list of what they need and want, let me know and I'll post the list. I have tio go out for about 3-1/2 hours, so check back later.

[siliconpatriot]

It's more reason why Bush should ignore Blair when he comes this week looking to get the UN involved in the post-war management of Iraq.

Anyone paying attention to the Pentagon briefings can see we are being more careful than we really need to be. And our guys are taking huge risks to do so. If it wasn't for the USA this whole mission would not be happening. And all the good stuff to come from it would still be in a bottle.

[annyokie]

My church sponsored many boat people from Viet Nam and Cambodia. They were the most grateful and gracious people. Be nice.

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[Libertina]

Like the picture, love our guys, don't appreciate the diss. Why should our troops want to go into the middle of a town that is unsecured?