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To: MNJohnnie
Brilliant post John, and thanks for bringing this one up.
Last night I did a little surfing and came up with similar stuff all over the web and was hoping we did not get bogged down into the hopeless if not hapless immigration debate now going on for an entire week yet again.

There are a number of rat traps set by the msm/dnc/traitors and we are knocking off every one of them thanks to brilliant leadership of the war from Petreaus on down.
Here’s one I particularly liked as it hits the msm right where they need to be slammed in the facts and figures area.
It’s from the “Fourth Rail” and you will find it here:

http://billroggio.com

Roggio is brilliant and is mentioned all over the web. “Operation Phantom Thunder”(a resulting part of the surge)in its first week,this info from a briefing by Lt. Gen. Odierno to date:
Killed 159 al Qaeda fighters and or other insurgents(terrorists in my book)wounded 41,detained 721 suspects(that’s a lot of detainees—marvelous job there that will undoubtedly go unreported)destroyed 304 roadside bombs,7 car bombs and destroyed 128 weapons caches. This is the largest operation in Iraq since 2003 and from the looks of msm reporting it will be up to us to get the good word out.

Also here is a Yahoo story about how we are now using former enemy Sunni to our advantage even though some of the higher ups including Maliki are not real hot about it. We are doing the right thing. It’s here:

http://news.yahoo.com/

scroll down to world AP news(yeah I know)
“US makes improbable Sunni ally in Iraq” it’s a key story about Sunni youth in the group 1920’s that are helping US soldiers with vital intel.

Here’s another one I just had to slide in from the “Flopping Aces” site that gives more insight into just who our troops really are.(one more time)
Its the story of an Afghan woman who is 8 months pregnant and is shot in the belly by locals.
The only one who can save her are U.S. troops—it’s a must read.it’s here;

http://www.floppingaces.net/

http://www.floppingaces.net/ On the same site don’t forget to check out Cameron Diaz’s trip to Peru(Miss Duhhh/Huhhh) carries a bag that reminds the Peruvians about their tortuous commie days(she is so dumb)

And of course there is also another blockbuster about where the WMD’s went into Syria

Once again great post MNJ.

54 posted on 06/24/2007 6:24:19 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
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To: rodguy911
Also here is a Yahoo story about how we are now using former enemy Sunni to our advantage even though some of the higher ups including Maliki are not real hot about it. We are doing the right thing. It’s here:

This is how Counter Insurgencies end, not with a bang but a whimper. You get the moderate elements of the Insurgency to turn to the Govt side and you kill the hard core elements. Successful Counter Insurgencies always end with a political deal, not a standard military victory.

This is why so many conventional military types, political analysis, and average Americans have such a tough getting a grip on Iraq. Iraq is Limited War, not Total War. It does not work like their Hollywood actions movies tell them war is suppose to work.

Iraq is how most wars are, and will be, waged in the Modern age. We have been spoiled by Gulf War 1 and Kosovo etc to think we can win easily, quickly and painlessly. We can, in a conventional fight. That is why our foes will NOT fight us conventionally.

229 posted on 06/24/2007 8:24:36 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (If you will try being smarter, I will try being nicer.)
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