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2004-05-02 Iraq-Jordan

Hell Raiser platoon enjoys being shot at - it makes the time pass

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Posted by Bulldog 2004-05-02 6:00:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We should be known as the Lucky Platoon

A small but vital part of the AOLs' far flung divisions.

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-02 8:04:32 AM|| 2004-05-02 8:04:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 hmmmm: Lucky,The Hell Raiser

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-02 10:54:16 AM|| 2004-05-02 10:54:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's costing me a fortune outfitting those guys.

Grunts, is there nothing they can't do?

Posted by Lucky 2004-05-02 3:38:13 PM|| 2004-05-02 3:38:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Today, Iraqi police guard the front gate below, but Hudson is contemptuous of their allies. "Those guys showed where they stood on April 4. They just disappeared," he said. "Some were probably fighting against us. Theyâre no friends of mine. My only friends here are the guys in my platoon." For the men of Charlie company, the them-and-us mentality is as acute as it is for the locals. "By day, the guys out there wave and smile at us," said Sgt Bill Young. "At night, the same people are trying to kill us."

It's good to know our soldiers on the ground aren't fooled one bit, even if their top brass is swallowing this horsesh!t.

Posted by Zenster 2004-05-02 3:40:53 PM|| 2004-05-02 3:40:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Picked this up from Belmont Club.

"Hundreds of U.S. troops are deployed outside the Najaf-Kufa area, and a contingent has moved into a base within the city, about five kilometers (three miles) from sensitive holy sites at the heart of Najaf. The Americans have clashed occasionally with al-Sadr followers outside Najaf. The U.S. military moved to capture al-Sadr after his militia staged an uprising across the south, sparked by the arrest of one of his aides. That uprising has died down, but his militiamen still dominate Najaf, Kufa and Karbala, the three holiest Shiite cities in Iraq.

Here too we see the chessboard-like moves of military units while the coalition "meets with local officials every day" without "negotiating with anyone on any five-point plan". Little wonder that Chalabi and Abdul Mahdi are so nervous. Sadr should be too.

Lucky Platoon rocks. But whenever I tell them to straighten up they act like they can't hear me.

Zenster, I take that top brass comment personally, but I think the honchos that are leading the Hell Raisers are pros. They don't swallow horseshit.

Posted by Lucky 2004-05-02 4:12:45 PM|| 2004-05-02 4:12:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Zenster: It's good to know our soldiers on the ground aren't fooled one bit, even if their top brass is swallowing this horsesh!t.

This is called diplomacy. We pretend to like them, they pretend to like us and we get along - some of the time. Sounds a lot like hypocrisy? Bingo. Think of it as a social lubricant.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-05-02 11:08:57 PM|| 2004-05-02 11:08:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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