The Real Story Behind the April 9th Insurgency in Iraq (must-read by a US soldier who was there)

Intellectual Conservative ^ | 17 May 2004 | Jarob D. Walsh, U.S. Army Specialist

[martin_fierro]

My bad. Wrong thread.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. <|:)~

[xsmommy]

. If you were captivated by the talking Kraut terlet, may I suggest "The Producers?"

LMAO!

[xsmommy]

hey I KNEW what he meant!

[arjay]

Just reserved the book from my library. Thanks.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

SC resident caught in ambush in Iraq (Contractor Recounts Convoy Battle)

[hershey]

Wow, what an experience. It would be nice if the press reported that 'insurgents' were using women and children as shields and getting little kids to shoot at American soldiers. This piece should be required reading in schools, printed in the newspaper, and discussed on Frontline or some other PBS liberal news show. The truth is that if we fail in Iraq, we'll be cleaning up more 9/11's in this country. The battleground is either there in the Middle East where they train and live, or it's in our country. The press and Kerry want to see fighting and bloodshed here.

[presidio9]

Anyway, read the book if you get the chance. I had no idea what was really going on over there until I read it, and it just made me more proud of our boys.

[xsmommy]

it looks good and i will.

[hosepipe]

I will remember this as I watch my next news anchor performing his next bit of sedition.
Americas enemy's are emboldened by it and in league with it. But how to fight domestic enemy's ?.. Directly I suspect, with prejudice.

[TexKat]

What is the temp in Iraq today Newbomb?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Great story!

[presidio9]

it looks good and i will

And after you are done with Thunder Run, donate your copy to your local library. There is not a libera librarian on the planet who even contemplate buying this book, but it is the type of reading that will encourage a lot of young men to enlist.

[monday]

"This soldier’s one mistake?"

"I grabbed my weapon, jumped out, and fired two rounds over their heads; I didn’t want to shoot them - they were just l'il kids."

I know. This actually makes me question the whole account. How many time must he be shot by these "l'il kids" before he decides to stop them? I guess if he was really heroic he would have allowed the poor "l'il kids" to kill him before endangering them.

[TexKat]

It would be nice if the press reported that 'insurgents' were using women and children as shields

They did.

[Taliesan]

I'm not a military person, I admit.

But 20 trucks full of gasoline get shot up within 10 miles of the airport? Wouldn't one Apache have been able to kill hundreds of them?

[NeonKnight]

bmp

[mathluv]

Thanks for posting this.

[New Perspective]

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

As is this guy. Deeply.

He should be, just don't tell him to look back. I love a good surprise.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

ping

[Old Sarge]

This actually makes me question the whole account. How many time must he be shot by these "l'il kids" before he decides to stop them? I guess if he was really heroic he would have allowed the poor "l'il kids" to kill him before endangering them.

I guess this will condemn me as one of those disgusting Guard and Reserve types that most paleo-FReepers and wannabes love to hate, but here goes.

I am waiting, barely with any patience left, for my chance to go overseas and join the war. I've done Homeland Security missions since early 2002.

You can't convince me that those human shields were totally unwilling; the cult of martyrdom is too strong over there, to be limited to guys-only. Had I been in this troop's situation, with all the anger I know, I'd have mowed down the whole crowd to get to the badasses who were lighting up my comrades from behind innocents.

Kids, with AK's? As long as I was in their sight picture, and part of their backstop like this man was, guess who'd get return fire?

After reading this account, having several vehicles shot out from under him, hit multiple times, and still kept on keeping on - I can't help but wonder what I'd do, were it me.

But I might never know; I'm still stateside. And that doesn't look like it's going to change.