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| They’re Baaaaack! |
| 2004-03-11 |
| Beginning this month, leathernecks from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force will return to Iraq, replacing elements of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. The return of the Marines is surely bad news for those desperate to undermine the liberation of Iraq. Not to take anything away from the U.S. Army — its soldiers have performed magnificently, and will no doubt continue to do so — but America’s enemies have a particular fear of U.S. Marines... Good article, read the rest of it. The Sunni Triangle’s my guess at where they’ll be deployed. Time to buy some new underwear, jihadis! |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #8 Doc you have a good memory. Just Googled and got this: Assistant Army Secretary Sara E. Lister, a Washington lawyer who successfully pressed the military to open more jobs to women, abruptly resigned yesterday(Nov. 14,1997), attempting to quell a furor she created by branding the Marines "extremists." Lister, the service's top personnel officer and a confidante of Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr., quit her Pentagon position a week ahead of schedule after her apologies failed to allay the firestorm of demands for her ouster. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-3-11 10:53:49 PM |
| #7 IIRC Lister was soon out after her remarks. I called my Senator's office (J. Glenn - OH) to bitch about her. At the time he was on the Armed Services Committee and I was put through to talk to Big John. Glenn was so PO'd he was screaming about her - one of his aides came on the line and said something like "the Senator shares your concerns." Politics aside, he's still a Marine. Besides, truth be told, combat Marines are extremists - Thank God. |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2004-3-11 8:27:13 PM |
| #6 If you look at a map isn't Baghdad about equidistant between Damascus and Tehran? |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-3-11 5:42:24 PM |
| #5 Sara was lead "agent of change" in the attempted pussification of our military. The armed forces will always be a tempting toy for the "social engineers" - because they have to obey orders. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-11 5:39:47 PM |
| #4 Time to kick ass and take names! Semper Fi! |
| Posted by: Sgt.DT 2004-3-11 5:25:27 PM |
| #3 It does if you want to work for Clinton |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-11 4:55:50 PM |
| #2 As late as 1997, Assistant Secretary of the Army Sara Lister took aim at the Marines. "I think the Army is much more connected to society than the Marines are." Lister said before an audience at Harvard University. "Marines are extremists. Wherever you have extremists, you've got some risks of total disconnection with society. And that's a little dangerous." That language sounds like what you'd expect from a Democrat political hack....not a career service person. Yasssssss, the armed services are nothing more than a branch of the HHS Dept. Cheezus K. Reist. These are the people who say the know best how to lead the nation in the WOT? Sorry, but bending over doesn't seem like a winning strategy to me. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-3-11 4:42:11 PM |
| #1 All hail the "Angels of Death."...... (see article) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-3-11 4:22:48 PM |