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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.

As I like to say I was in the Army when we still had catapults. I did nothing special. Sat in a tank in Germany and chased frauliens Fought the cold war and the cold war won so to speak.

I am moved by the article. It should be required reading in every current events class across the nation. It should be published in every newspaper across the land starting on Page One.

The Face of the Enemy, Why We Fight, Frank Capra and all of that...

I am moved. I am much older and far away from those days in service. As the old expression goes, I am sitting on the porch in rocking chair with momma. I don;t feel like "nuking" anyone or anything (not yet anyway).

War is not a pretty thing. It always should be the last resort to problems. Besides all the bluster here on FR, I believe that most here are for peace...But not peace at any price.

THere are times when the sword must reluctanly be picked up and used. This is one of those times. We must not rest until the enemy no longer has the will to fight. I feel for these troopers. I feel for the agonizing our leaders must go through reading the after action reports.

I remember the pictures of LBJ sitting alone in the oval office in his silent agony over reports from Vietnam. Doing what he thought was right, but the results not forthcoming and nothing but American lives being traded.

Going to War should be a reluctant option. THe costs are too great. Thats why we use the younguns. Cause us olders think too much...

We need to defeat this enemy, Islamofacsism. Because even if we abandon Iraq, give them Israel and Europe. They will still keep coming after our heads.

FWIW its my opinion that Islam is a "religion" spawned by Lucifer, Satan, the Devil or whatever you wish to call him...I know of no other modern religion that supports violence in its tenets and passages.

I will be reading this Soldier's missive to anyone who will listen. SO that they will understand whey we fight.