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| "The Americans think we are afraid . . ." |
| 2004-04-08 |
| From al-Guardian; EFL and to get to the good part: "The Americans think we are afraid while we recognise them as cowards," said the young man, the commander of this small band of fighters in this village. "We have many heroes who are standing here and elsewhere. We will not be afraid of their tanks and their weapons and their other equipment. We will stay until we defeat them." Suddenly the gunmen scattered, unnerved by the sound of an approaching US helicopter. "Buck-buck-braaawwwwwk!" Villagers who had been standing in the street fled into their shops and houses and, within seconds, the crossroads was deserted. Hat tip: Best of the Web. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #15 commander of this small band of fighters in this village For some reason, I mistakenly read this as "frightened fighters". Freudian slip I suppose. Had to do a double take. |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-09 7:33:18 AM |
| #14 Anyone remember the line from Clancy's "Cardinal of the Kremlin"? "We don't fear the Russians, but we fear their helicopters." If Clancy took that from interviews with Afghan fighters, then it's possible the jihadis haven't forgotten that lesson. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-08 8:51:55 PM |
| #13 "The Americans think we are afraid . . ." I could care less what they feel we think of them. I just want these cowards to regard us as cold, effecient, methodical killers of every last one of them. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-08 8:51:07 PM |
| #12 My thoughts exactly, Jarhead! :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-08 8:11:12 PM |
| #11 "The Americans think we are afraid . . ." >actually we just think you're a bunch of f*cking pussies. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-04-08 7:42:17 PM |
| #10 72 raisins. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-04-08 5:39:47 PM |
| #9 Brave? Possibly. Smart? Not entirely. I too hate when the scatter, it’s too much like ‘whack-a-mole’ at that point. Be brave little jihadis and stay close in a group. Stand tall in the face of those big M1 Abrams rumbling towards you. Soon you will be speaking with Allah one-to-one and eating rasins. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-04-08 4:47:13 PM |
| #8 the brave arab fighter ...mommy can you please get your ass out front! |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-04-08 4:30:52 PM |
| #7 Oh, yes, you will be afriad. You will be very afraid. You know we will come after you. You know we will hunt you down, wherever you run, wherever you try to hide. We will chase you through the cities, and into the river and into the sea. We will follow you into the hills, and across the desert. We will follow you through the valleys and over the mountains. We will follow you, and we will catch you. Then we will make you wish you had never been born. We will destroy you so thoroughly even your god will not want you. And when we are done, we will turn our back upon you and walk away, because we know you have been destroyed, and you and your kind can never harm us again. (I don't remember where I read that, but it should become the motto of every US military member serving in the Middle East). |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-04-08 4:23:02 PM |
| #6 "Suddenly the gunmen scattered, unnerved by the sound of an approaching US helicopter."and being a brave Jihad male begins looking for women and children to use as shields. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-04-08 4:10:58 PM |
| #5 The reason the "brave" fighters ran: No sisters, mothers, or daughters to hide behind. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-04-08 4:06:45 PM |
| #4 Frankly I'd rather they be brave and do the F.A.D. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-08 3:51:47 PM |
| #3 "The Americans think we are afraid . . ." and, they just might be right. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-04-08 3:35:19 PM |
| #2 They should be afraid, but they're apparently not that bright. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-04-08 3:28:34 PM |
| #1 Actually, we are hoping that you are not afraid. Scared jihadis scatter like roaches, but big macho studs like yerself stand out in the open, doing yer F.A.D.* and making a nice target for Hellfires. * Faggy Arab Dance |
| Posted by: BH 2004-04-08 3:25:16 PM |