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| Iraq | |
| And the Beat(ing) Goes On... | |
| 2003-11-18 | |
| EFL & Team Spirit U.S. fighter jets pounded suspected (I thought the zoo was elswhere? Go figure.) in central Iraq since President Bush declared the end of major combat in May, the U.S. military said. These asshats keep bringing this point up: "since President Bush declared the end of major combat." It is obvious what they are attempting to do. But they should know this: These same asshats who would like to betray us as loosing ground in Iraq are of the same fabric of reporters who believe we lost the war in Vietnam. Wrong. We may have pulled back from the battle in Vietnam, however we won the war. Vietnam was one slice of the larger historical landscape during the Cold War. And we one that war. So when we here the constant drum beat that Bush declared the end to major combat, just remember that this declaration one slice of history at that given point and time. This war is ours to win. And we will. In northern Iraq, God bless him. Near Baqouba, 30 miles northeast of Baghdad, U.S. jets and Apache helicopter gunships Tuesday blasted abandoned buildings, walls and trees along a road where attacks have been so common that troops nicknamed it "RPG Alley" after the rocket-propelled grenades used by insurgents. Fighter-bombers dropped 500-pound bombs and tanks fired their 120mm guns at suspected ambush sites, the military said. F-16 fighter aircraft dropped two bombs Tuesday on Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, may you rot in Hell.
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| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #6 I lie that we are shooting folks again. It gives me a headache arguing about the treatment of prisoners. I vote that we take fewer of them. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-18 8:53:06 PM |
| #5 In some cases, I expect we blasted sites we knew were empty, just to point out that we could. In others, I suspect we waited until the little white blogs appeared on the night vision cameras. Know what I mean, Vern? |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-11-18 4:00:30 PM |
| #4 Expect to hear from Greenpeace about the trees any minute now. I demand that any Greenpeace 'volunteer' who wishes to protect trees in Iraq come personally and chain themselves to the tree they desire to protect. Now all I need is for someone to hand out enough scorpion bait to paint every tree so occupied... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-18 2:54:20 PM |
| #3 Near Baqouba, 30 miles northeast of Baghdad, U.S. jets and Apache helicopter gunships Tuesday blasted abandoned buildings, walls and trees along a road where attacks have been so common that troops nicknamed it "RPG Alley" after the rocket-propelled grenades used by insurgents. Fighter-bombers dropped 500-pound bombs and tanks fired their 120mm guns at suspected ambush sites, the military said. Now I'm curious. Did they just expend ordnance on places that were empty? Why couldn't they have waited until nightfall, when the Saddam sympathizers would likely be slinking around these spots, and kill two birds with one stone by blowing apart the buildings AND the guerillas in one or two sorties/attacks? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-18 1:36:53 PM |
| #2 blasted abandoned buildings, walls, and trees Expect to hear from Greenpeace about the trees any minute now |
| Posted by: AWW 2003-11-18 12:44:47 PM |
| #1 Fighter-bombers dropped 500-pound bombs and tanks fired their 120mm guns at suspected ambush sites Now we're getting 'Merkin on their asses. Recon by fire now.... setting up a free fire zone later. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-18 11:51:46 AM |