", 68skylark wrote:
...capturing 100 militants in the third major recent attempt to uproot tenacious insurgents."
"Why are the bad guys called "tenacious"? Why does the press give those losers the cool adjectives? Why aren't our guys called "tenacious"?"
Typical MSM defeatist BS is all...
Casualties are always 'mounting' instead of 'dribbling',
the enemy is 'tenacious' but our troops are 'stressed' or 'beleaguered' ... these are throwaway adjectives that only expose their bias and dont really carry information except for the viewpoint of the speaker ..
Here's a Freeper rewrite:
"Tenacious, brave, professional Marines kicked butt in al-Anbar today, capturing over 100 fanatical, mindlessly violent terrorists in the doomed and pathetic insurgency.
As usual, the U.S. military gave a lot worse than they got, killing scores of the enemy while taking a mere two casualties, both due to a single roadside bomb. Cowardly insurgents are doing most of their killing via roadside bombs, but are no match for the insurmountable firepower and resolve of American soldiers and Marines in open battle."
Well said.
You should start a TV network -- I like your version of the news!
You should quit EDA and go into journalism. Your version was much more resonable.
Very nice Rewrite!