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2005-07-11 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Frank G 2005-07-11 00:31|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Taliban couldn't tell truth, even when the truth might better serve them. In this case, it certainly wouldn't. The Seals fought honorably, to the end. Thats more than can be said of those "brave" geehody taliban: consider this, at the battle to take the island of Iwo Jima, Japan soldiers defending the island were killed 4 to 1, thats 24,000 japanese killed, 6000 American Marines killed. Guess how many japanese taken prisoner? Answer: 3. Didn't work the Gitmo psychological front. The Japanese soldier was at least the real thing. He put these geehoddy cowards to shame. He wore the uniform, and when he said he would not surrender you could take him at his word

Posted by Annie War">Annie War 2005-07-11 00:57|| 2005-07-11 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 And in addition Japanese didn't believe in afterelife. No virgins waiting for them (1). It was purely a thing of honor.

(1) How would we qualify people ready to commit mass murder because they want to fuck

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-07-11 03:02|| 2005-07-11 03:02|| Front Page Top

#3 JFM: evil perverts isn't nearly strong enough a description, is it?

Bless this man for the sacrifices he made to keep us all safe. And even more so for the family who shared him with us all. And bless those who refused to leave him behind.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-11 06:32|| 2005-07-11 06:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Brave,Honorable men is nowhere near discriptive enough.

Posted by raptor 2005-07-11 06:53|| 2005-07-11 06:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Nothing perverted about wanting to get it on with 72 gorgeous ladies. (Well, except that they are ghosts or angels or whatever, that's a little weird for my tastes.)

Evil virgin losers is closer to the mark.

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2005-07-11 08:11|| 2005-07-11 08:11|| Front Page Top

#6 I knew they wouldn't get a live SEAL. Time to storm the area with a couple of light infantry divisions. Fuck the Paks if they can't get their shit together on their side of the border. Roll in.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-11 08:32|| 2005-07-11 08:32|| Front Page Top

#7 I told you guys that idiot who said they beheaded him was talking out his ass.

The lone SEAL survivor -- whom the military has not identified publicly -- was aided by Afghans who found him and sheltered him until he could be rescued by the U.S. military, the senior official said

Remember what I said about "Blood Chits" being effective?

The hard part is that the last team member died before extraction. But at least he is coming home. And if you want to know anything more, ask how many dead Taliban were found around him (and the others).

I cannot comment further than to say that I'm really depressed over this, and the deaths of the men in that helicopter. I'm out of here for a mandatory day off (first one since the helicopter went down). But I feel like crap in that we didnt get the ending we wanted. See you tomorrow. Maybe. I'm getting tired of seeing the war at work and at home: it wears down your soul seeing all that evil "let slide" by the press and the left in their political bullshit games, and the good men fighting it getting little to nothing from those outside the community. Prime example: we found the last man, and all the Post and MSM are doing is headlining an attempt to smear Bush by grinding Karl Rove with false charges about lying hack Democrat partisans (Wilson & Plame).

Can our nation survive with traitorous asses in the press driving it down for the political gains? Do the troops ever matter to the MSM? Did they ever matter?

God rest them, all those good troops who died doing the right thing.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-11 09:43|| 2005-07-11 09:43|| Front Page Top

#8 He certainly was a brave man; God bless him and his family, and the same goes for all who have died in that battle and in that crash.
Also, I'm so glad the "beheading" propaganda was just hard boyz having vivid fantasies and blowing hot air. I'm sure they fought up to the very last moment.

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-07-11 10:06|| 2005-07-11 10:06|| Front Page Top

#9 For all their bullshit about fighting to the death for jihad, it's the SEAL who fights to the death while the Lions of Islam push each other out of the way trying to be the first into the deepest cave. Stack 'em up like cordwood, OS.

Posted by Matt 2005-07-11 11:38|| 2005-07-11 11:38|| Front Page Top

#10 I believe this is what Liberalhawk is talking about as regards the "Plame Affair". It appears that Karl Rove only told Matt Cooper that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA which was common knowledge, not that she was an under-cover CIA operative. It seems the "journalists" are probably covering for other "journalists".

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-07-11 12:33|| 2005-07-11 12:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Dang it, not Liberalhawk, Oldspook! Dopey me.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-07-11 13:26|| 2005-07-11 13:26|| Front Page Top

#12 Sleep yourself out, Old Spook, and spend time with the family that loves you. As for the mainstream media working to undermine the war effort, several things work to oppose them:

1. Worldwide, how many troops, honest newsies, and civilians of one sort or another have now been to Afghanistan and/or Iraq, and saw the true situation? How many people have they told back home, who now no longer believe what they read in the papers or see on television?

2. Since 9/11 how many people have found Rantburg, Little Green Footballs and the many other websites/blogs devoted to winkling out the truth about what's happening out there? Back when Fred kept count of #people online, I several times saw the counter near 10,000. Most of those were learning new things, not venturing out of their caves to troll. Again, these are people who no longer believe the mainstream media's pronouncements.

3. With each attack outside the battlefields, eg. New York, Madrid, London, there are fewer and fewer who accept that it is our fault, not that of the attackers. It's one thing when Israelis are being killed -- that is their role in this world -- but quite another when my life is being ruined, and my friends and family threatened simply for existing (for the I that is your typical Western apologist).

In the end, each lie and exaggeration promulgated by the MSM and intelligencia fellow travellers speeds the time when they will be totally ignored for what they reveal themselves daily to be. Scales are falling from eyes at an accelerating rate -- and piling up to clog the footsteps of the smug Fourth Estaters.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-11 14:25|| 2005-07-11 14:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Nicely said, TW. I sure hope so!

Posted by Bobby 2005-07-11 15:11|| 2005-07-11 15:11|| Front Page Top

#14 here here, TW ;)

Posted by Red Dog 2005-07-11 15:21|| 2005-07-11 15:21|| Front Page Top

#15 Let me make a few corrections. First, "pervert" isn't the best word to describe a Muslim extremest It refers more to one who pursuses more socially deviant sexual practices such as sodomy or bestiality. Satyr, or libertine would be a more suitable word to describe an Islamic terrorist. Second, contrary to your liberal beliefs, "Carl in N.H.", wanting to be intimate with many women is a wicked desire. I have nothing more to say.

Posted by Educated 2005-07-11 15:44|| 2005-07-11 15:44|| Front Page Top

#16 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Afghan villagers sheltered a U.S. Navy SEAL wounded in a battle last month with the Taliban until they could get word to American forces to rescue him, a military official said Monday. The SEAL was part of a four-man reconnaissance team that went missing June 28 after calling for help during a firefight in the mountains near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The other three members of the team died in the fighting, and a MH-47 helicopter crashed as it brought reinforcements, killing all 16 people on board. The military said it believes insurgents shot down the chopper.
Military officials said a rocket exploded near the surviving SEAL, knocking him off his feet and down a mountainside in steep terrain. He then managed to stay out of sight of the insurgents, officials said. The commando suffered multiple leg wounds but was able to walk about two miles (three or four kilometers) through the mountains to get away, according to a U.S. military official, who insisted on anonymity. An Afghan villager found the SEAL and hid him in his village, the official said. According to military accounts, Taliban fighters came to the village and demanded the American be turned over, but villagers refused.
The SEAL wrote a note verifying his identity and location, and a villager carried it to U.S. forces, the official said. The note indicated to U.S. troops that they wouldn't be entering into a trap. The commando was rescued July 3. The military has not revealed his identity.

I expect some of our Special Forces will drop by the village to thank them.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-11 15:49|| 2005-07-11 15:49|| Front Page Top

#17 I'm not sure your definitions are complete, Educated. Certainly the perversion I referred to was the eagerness to commit mass murder for the purpose of sexual fulfillment. Notwithstanding, it is my understanding of human sexuality that the demands of 72 sexually active females will quickly lead to male inability, not to mention the skin being abraded off key bits. The fun is short-lived, gentlemen, which is why y'all are fondly referred to as the weaker sex. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-11 19:19|| 2005-07-11 19:19|| Front Page Top

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