Sunday, August 19, 2007

Meanwhile, It Still Sucks In Iraq

While the President takes care of vital brush clearing on his hobby ranch, we see that it still sucks in Iraq:
...Fighters in white tunics and running shoes moved like ghosts over the battlefield, displaying tactics that the Americans said mirrored their own. They signaled with flashlights, bounded into position and crawled to try to evade the superior U.S. firepower.

Even when dozens of the fighters lay dead, Stark and his platoon mates discovered that their enemy possessed an unsettling determination. Making a final push toward the canal in his hobbled, bullet-pocked Humvee, Stark saw a wounded insurgent on the ground with a hand behind his back.

"Turn on your stomach!" Gilbertson, the gunner, yelled, intending to detain the man. But the insurgent hurled a grenade at the truck. The pin failed, and Gilbertson shot him with his machine gun...

...Spannagel, the scout leader, said the fighting revealed "a false sense of security that we'd won the battle in Ramadi."

In fact, he said, "this shows the enemy is patient. This is his land. He's got all the time in the world. . . . They're going to continue to fight in Anbar."
When the W, Rove and Co suggest that the MSM doesn't cover the good news in Iraq, perhaps it's because there is none. Read the whole article for a real account that will unnerve even the most staunch GOP supporter.

3 comments:

enigma4ever said...

You always have the best news....even when it sucks... I am busy working on getting some gifts for the Young Virginal Jenna's wedding...please come over I am sure you have some gift ideas...

SheaNC said...

Here I am crawling out from under my rock... the madness is so maddeningly maddening that I can hardly stand to face what we are forced to conclude is reality anymore. I wish the soldiers could just collectively rebel and leave the battlefield.

Mary Ellen said...

I hate Mondays, for some reason the truth hits hardest on Mondays....

The reality of this war has not even come close to reaching the majority of Americans, which is why this war is still going on and why we will be at war in Iran within a few months (IMO), and why Bush is still President. It just sickens me.