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"Training. Leadership. Doctrine. Courage. And innovative techniques of coordination and cooperation literally incomprehensible to Iraqi bully-boys and butchers."

A great read! One of those History Channel shows had 3-4 guys knocking down a door with a sniper behind them across the street on the roof. As soon as the door gets kicked in the sniper shoots the target inside (live fire training) and the guys go storming in.

The lead guy says of the sniper "his bullet goes 2 inches past my ear as I'm going in - but that's a long ways in terms of his accuracy - there's no way I could get hit."

Now that's training and courage (perhaps a bunch of faith too?!)

And our forces aren't just training anymore. It's real, they're getting fired at, and it's amazing their bravery. No less of them to run into a building or up a street than the bravery it took to run up Omaha beach. God Bless our Troops and bring them home soon.

Hue City - besides Iwo Jima, the toughest nut the USMC has cracked. Lessons learned there are now paying dividends in Iraq. I am still waiting for the quad 0.50s and flame throwers, though.