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On the front lines of war against terror
St. Louis Post-Disgrace ^ | 02/21/04 | Phillip O'Connor

Posted on 02/22/2004 1:39:18 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat

Edited on 05/11/2004 5:36:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

At 2 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2001, two blacked-out Chinook helicopters carrying Master Sgt. John Bolduc and nine other Green Berets dropped from a star-packed sky into northeastern Afghanistan. The men carried six months of supplies and simple orders: Link up with the Northern Alliance and deliver the vengeance of America.


(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi; US: Missouri; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gutsandglory; oef; specialforces; terrorism; war

1 posted on 02/22/2004 1:39:18 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat; Ragtime Cowgirl; Calpernia; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; BOBTHENAILER; ...
Thanks for posting this;
2 posted on 02/22/2004 1:44:21 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Good post.
3 posted on 02/22/2004 1:56:16 PM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a Conservative)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
...Link up with the Northern Alliance and deliver the vengeance of America.

Yesss!

4 posted on 02/22/2004 2:00:53 PM PST by demnomo
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To: demnomo
If you like this article, you would absolutely love reading the book, The Hunt for Bin Laden, by Robin Moore. It's about the special ops activities in Afghanistan. Man, our guys did some major damage against those folks.
5 posted on 02/22/2004 3:59:27 PM PST by gonefishin
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To: SAMWolf; redrock; StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; LindaSOG; Fawnn; blackie; Radix; Valin; tomkow6; ...
Ping
6 posted on 02/22/2004 4:44:02 PM PST by Valin (America is the land mine between barbarism and civilization.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
WOW! An amazingly good post from a crappy paper! Thanks!!
7 posted on 02/22/2004 5:16:15 PM PST by StarCMC (God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat; Valin
"He wonders if America will live up to its promises to bring a better way of life to the Afghan people or whether it will abandon them as have so many other previous invaders."

The ONLY way it will not live up to its promises is if John Kerry is elected.

redrock

8 posted on 02/22/2004 5:43:13 PM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: redrock
if John Kerry is elected.



HEY! watch it! I've got a weak stomach.

Reason #78,825 why I support President Bush.
9 posted on 02/22/2004 5:50:47 PM PST by Valin (America is the land mine between barbarism and civilization.)
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To: Valin
They had a snippet on the news with him speaking.

The food I was eating ended up plastered on the tv.

Guess it's not good to eat while watching the news......(at least not for the TV).

redrock

10 posted on 02/22/2004 5:53:57 PM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: gonefishin
I have the book. My son read it before me. Great read.
11 posted on 02/22/2004 7:23:53 PM PST by demnomo
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To: Valin
""Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts. The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake: We will show the world that we will pass this test. God bless."--Remarks by President George W. Bush upon arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Sept. 11, 2001"

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ terrorists and the democrats are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

12 posted on 02/23/2004 8:49:52 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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