Posted on 04/30/2009 9:04:28 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Major Dickie Head looks bemused as we emerge from the safety of an armoured Iraqi Army Humvee and walk towards what was one of the most dangerous parts of Basra - now a small, but busy, market.
This is the first time he has returned to this area since a tour of duty which saw him and his men engulfed in a vicious and lengthy battle near the city centre.
His unit was trying to recover the bodies of the five British service-personnel killed when a Lynx helicopter was brought down by insurgents on 6 May 2006.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Major Dickie Head? I can hear Beavis and Butthead now.
We won. If the BBC can finally admit it, why can’t the American media?
Oh, gosh, that's unfortunate.
Major Dickie Head should change his name.
Major Dickie Balls would be much better.
Richard Cranium?
Sorry...
Ya’ll are just mean.
No discredit intended to the Major and his men, but things in Basra did NOT improve until the “softly, softly” pukka sahibs finally buggered out.
It was that combined U.S. and Iraqi Army offensive that put paid to Muqty’s goons and brought back law and order. The Brits were even paying them tribute under the table.
I said I was sorry.
Yeah, so did Obama
(Now who’s being mean)
I don't really remember him actually taking responsibility for much of anything...
All due respect to him for his service...
...But wow...What a name.
You better be a tough S.O.B when youve got a name like that.
Oh, Bambi has been apologizing left and right - for America, for buzzing NY in AF1, for missing his place in the teleprompter...
One of my Drill Instructors was named SGT Dicks. Nobody made fun of his name. 8~)
Yes, but only for feeling bad for bad things that someone else did. Never apologized for anything he did wrong.
Good point.
Read the whole article. You won’t believe the name of his sargeant during his prior tour in Basra.
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