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2016-06-21 Home Front: WoT

Orlando Shooting: Excellent Piece by Marine Tim Lynch

[Michael Yon] Tim is a retired Marine infantry officer. I spent much time with Tim in various provinces in Afghanistan, such as Nangarhar, Kabul, Kandahar, Helmand, Nimoroz.

Good Lord almighty we went everywhere together, often alone or with just one other man, an ex-Aussie Soldier named Shem.

First time Tim picked me up in Kabul to take me to Jalalabad, Nangarhar, there was a bag beside me in the backseat filled with grenades. I said I'll just help myself to a couple of these.

We were going down roads sometimes passing burning and blown-up, shot up vehicles. IED holes, and people who obviously were Taliban and associates, yet somehow we got away with it. You had to be there to believe it.

I was not advertising this at the time due to the obvious peril, but we both learned a lot about the war which left both of us ahead of the curve when writing about it.

This morning I checked Tim's website and saw that he posted on the Orlando shooting. Our thoughts are parallel on this.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-06-21 04:44|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Thank you Besoeker.

I am going to suggest this is your required reading for the day.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-06-21 11:11|| 2016-06-21 11:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Tracks pretty close to Gutfeld's opinion piece from last night.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-06-21 15:02|| 2016-06-21 15:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Sad to say but war zone survival tactics are now going to be required within the borderless US.

Posted by Percy McCoy7690 2016-06-21 20:13|| 2016-06-21 20:13|| Front Page Top

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