It Ain't Necessarily So. [Army Spec Ops letter from Iraq

To: Ragtime Cowgirl; snippy_about_it; bentfeather; Victoria Delsoul

I love reading letters like that. Thanks for the ping Ragtime Cowgirl

61 posted on 07/21/2003 8:22:40 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A rumour has it that rumours are just rumours.)

Loose lips, sink ships.

Absolutely, Archangelsk. I tried to make sure no revealing names or addresses were included. The Fallujah mosque incident was well covered by the press. The cities mentioned - simply population #s, no ops listed. The daily CENTCOM reports have as much or more detail.

Thank you for the reminder. If you, or anyone sees something you consider compromising in the letter, please Freepmail me.

62 posted on 07/21/2003 8:24:10 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Stability operations are operations in unstable places." Dep.Ast SOD, Stability Ops Lt. J. Collins)

63 posted on 07/21/2003 8:25:05 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Stability operations are operations in unstable places." Dep.Ast SOD, Stability Ops Lt. J. Collins)

64 posted on 07/21/2003 8:25:55 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Stability operations are operations in unstable places." Dep.Ast SOD, Stability Ops Lt. J. Collins)

To: flying Elvis

Yes. Freepmail Lexington Green for details.

65 posted on 07/21/2003 8:27:26 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Stability operations are operations in unstable places." Dep.Ast SOD, Stability Ops Lt. J. Collins)

Hi, Spunky - cut and paste. (^;

66 posted on 07/21/2003 8:29:56 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Stability operations are operations in unstable places." Dep.Ast SOD, Stability Ops Lt. J. Collins)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl; radu; TEXOKIE; southerngrit; Bethbg79; rintense

(((((Ping)))))

FYI. Ammo. Please share this letter. We need to get the truth out for the troops. Our lost moral equivocators in the press are handing their powerful pens to the bad guys.

Our search and destroy missions are largely at night, free of reporters and generally terrifying to those brave warriors of Allah. The only thing that frightens them more is hearing the word "Gitmo". The word is out that a trip to Guantanimo Bay is not a Caribbean vacation and they usually start squealing like the little mice they are, when an interrogator mentions "Gitmo".

The bad guys are terrified of our helpless little victims warriors. Who knew?

67 posted on 07/21/2003 8:35:00 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

68 posted on 07/21/2003 8:36:49 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

Remember, the enemy has the internet too.

yeah, but he's busy haranguing his supporters on Democrats Underground.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

69 posted on 07/21/2003 8:37:02 PM PDT by Criminal Number 18F

You are very welcome, SAMWolf.

Americans should be celebrating the daily successes of the troops - and supporting them on good days and bad...along with AMERICA's press.

70 posted on 07/21/2003 8:45:28 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Stability operations are operations in unstable places." Dep.Ast SOD, Stability Ops Lt. J. Collins)

Thank you very much for the pings, bentfeather. Hello to the Canteen crew!

Back tomorrow.

71 posted on 07/21/2003 8:47:14 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Stability operations are operations in unstable places." Dep.Ast SOD, Stability Ops Lt. J. Collins)

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

72 posted on 07/21/2003 8:49:52 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Americans should be celebrating the daily successes of the troops - and supporting them on good days and bad...along with AMERICA's press

Don't hold your breath waiting for the Press.

73 posted on 07/21/2003 8:52:48 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A rumour has it that rumours are just rumours.)

Ping for a great letter from a G.I.

74 posted on 07/21/2003 8:53:37 PM PDT by Notforprophet (A leg of lamb, a jug of wine, and thou! Alone together, whistling in the darkness.)

The point about John Wayne was the he did his part, after being refused service due to age, dependants and medical disability, in the defense of his country by making films that told a story of the American GI. Sure, he was disappointed about being rejected but he made a different tac, he chose to make pictures that celebrated regular GIs that were fighting a war that most of the socialists in this country said could not be won. He was a hero, and will always be a hero. He fought the war the best way he knew. He took it to the American people, and they loved it. And, he served this country until he took his last, brave breath. He served as a role model, to me and millions of kids that served, proudly in a jungle, half way around the world. Lonely and scared, we did the heroic things that we saw John Wayne do. John Wayne wasn't a person, he was an idea, an ideal of American courage, American spirit. He brought to a soldier, sailor, marine, the real meaning of what you were doing there, and he taught you the meaning of victory through sacrafice. I saw him in a Bob Hope show in Da Nang. He read the Declaration of Independance, with commentary. I don't think I'll ever be that inspired again. When I left that show to go back to the combat waiting for me on "The Trail" I was going to win that war, no matter what the odds. I still carry that to this day. At the end of his presentation he stood at full attention and raised his hand in salute. You could hear 1000 commanders giving orders. We saluted him back....as a unit and proudly. He was as proud as we were.

The legand of this man is a legand that makes my life different than people that give up. He made a huge difference in my life. It's not a man to try to bring down, he was a difference in wars fought around the world. He was a force that made a GI the first line of defense for this country. John Wayne lives in all GIs, that's what makes us the best. That's my hero....John Wayne!

75 posted on 07/21/2003 8:55:21 PM PDT by timydnuc (FR)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

76 posted on 07/21/2003 9:24:23 PM PDT by Calpernia (Runs with scissors.....)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Just finished watching the late edition of 'Hardball'.....have a compulsion to see what's being discussed on the 'dark side'. Depressing!!

This great post provided just what was needed to rejuvenate optimism. Thank you!

77 posted on 07/21/2003 9:24:48 PM PDT by windchime

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

78 posted on 07/21/2003 9:31:55 PM PDT by yoe (When Hillary speaks, you can hear those big boots coming across the bridge......)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Thanks so much for the ping. Just sat down with one of our local young men who was sharing his pictures of his recent vacation in Kuwait and Iraq. Many similar stories.

79 posted on 07/21/2003 9:42:29 PM PDT by hoosiermama (.Prayer for all)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Excellent. Emailed to many and posted on another forum.

This is the real deal.

This is world-changing bigtime by the best of the best.

80 posted on 07/21/2003 10:29:37 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)

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