[aculeus]

During the firefight, which lasted less than ten total minutes, Corriveau and Moser had killed at least ten enemy fighters -- possibly as many as fifteen -- and had not only kept themselves alive, but, against all odds, had prevented al Qaeda from succeeding in their real goal: to kidnap the soldiers on the rooftop, and to make a public spectacle of their imprisonment and murder, just two weeks before General Petraeus's internationally viewed testimony on Iraq before the U.S. Congress. The suspicion that kidnapping was the fighters' intent was confirmed by a final piece of intelligence that Charlie Company received just after the incident: an announcement, crafted by the Islamic State of Iraq (al Qaeda's Iraqi front), stating that nine U.S. soldiers had been kidnapped in Samarra, and had been beheaded and had their bodies thrown into Thar-Thar lake (to the southwest of the city).

Imagine how our disgraceful MSM and shameless Democrats would have reacted if the terrorists had succeeded.

[razzle]

“Imagine how our disgraceful MSM and shameless Democrats would have reacted if the terrorists had succeeded.”

Our brave soldiers are the only thing standing in the way of democrat happiness and fulfillment, and probable victory in the 08 election.

[reefdiver]

They won’t , Saying something positive about Americans Winning, Metals, Awarded. Doesn’t fit the script. That they sat on their ass, and just partied from Clinton’s “ Monday Morning” Walk in tune in to the towers falling? ??These self absorbed leftist would have us all walking the 17th century walk, than fight.