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Cut-off. Surrounded. Outnumbered. Just 88 British soldiers resigned to defeat after fighting off 500
Daily Mail ^ | 8/6/2016 | Nigel Blundell

Posted on 08/06/2016 2:59:12 PM PDT by GilGil

Outgunned, outmanoeuvred, hopelessly outnumbered and besieged in the Afghan desert, a small band of British soldiers chose to save a final bullet for themselves rather than fall into Taliban hands.

For nearly two months, the 88 men of Easy Company – a mix of Paratroopers and the Royal Irish – had faced the overwhelming force and firepower of up to 500 Taliban determined to over-run the remote Helmand outpost of Musa Qala.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; hero; oef; roe; siege; soldiers; taliban; uktroops
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To: yarddog

Kind of like this one...

The BBB Poem

“We’re the battling bastards of Bataan;

No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam.

No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,

No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces.

And nobody gives a damn.

Nobody gives a damn.

by Frank Hewlett 1942


101 posted on 08/06/2016 8:51:25 PM PDT by Molon Labbie
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To: GilGil

Kind of sounds like the battle of Wanat. Its criminal to send soldiers to a remote outpost like that without the proper equipment and support. Was there no coordination with the Danes on this?


102 posted on 08/06/2016 10:02:16 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: GilGil

Thanks for deleting my post, Admin. I guess some of the mods at FR are of the extreme Bible weirdo variety and even when a poster censors profanities with a #$* or *@#, that’s still not good enough.


103 posted on 08/06/2016 10:05:18 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: dp0622

GW was president and though I dont like him for other reasons, he would have ABSOLUTELY sent in the marines!!!

I disagree.

Bush did nothing of consequence for the duration of his Presidency except starting two wars to save barbarians from themselves, signing Ted Kennedy's No Child Left Behind, and giving rise to the modern radical extremist Liberal movement by volunteering to be a daily punching bag for them.

104 posted on 08/06/2016 10:09:51 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes

You left out betrayed us (NYers like me AND The country) by covering for the Sauds after 9/11.

They should have been blasted off the map or invaded by half a million men and their oil taken over.

It was outrageous that he didn’t do anything to them but he’s in bed with them so much i’m surprised he’s not pregnant by them.


105 posted on 08/06/2016 10:33:05 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: antidisestablishment
These Brits are heroes, and whoever oversaw this flustercluck from a strategic viewpoint should be cashiered.

Cashiered? Nay, I think not. For something like this, only the gallows would suffice. Not the firing squad, as that is a death with a modicum of honor in it. And whatever honor those who oversaw this once might have had, it is completely forfeit thereafter...

the infowarrior

106 posted on 08/06/2016 11:16:39 PM PDT by infowarrior
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To: DesertRhino

sPzAbt. 501 and 504 both had them there in 1943.


107 posted on 08/07/2016 12:09:09 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: infowarrior

Justice waits for the next world. Here, the worst are promoted and the best wasted. The gallows have been torn down and criminals infest our institutions. The reality today is that they more likely face promotion like Lon Horiuchi.


108 posted on 08/07/2016 4:28:39 AM PDT by antidisestablishment (If those who defend our freedom do not know liberty, none of us will have either.)
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To: GilGil; trisham
If Freepers were involved 90% would have told the soldiers how it is all over and that they could not win and that they should use their final bullet to kill themselves.

Certainly enough Tokyo Rose types on FR that prefer to work overtime on the doom and gloom message while ignoring the real goal.....

Most of them either don't donate to FR or are "shy" and stay anonymous - one can probably assume they also don't donate to a candidate.

To all of them, I strongly urge you to get off your thumbs and donate to a candidate (preferably Trump) and to Donate to FR while you're at it.

109 posted on 08/07/2016 6:21:01 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: smokingfrog

Kind of sounds like the battle of Wanat. Its criminal to send soldiers to a remote outpost like that without the proper equipment and support. Was there no coordination with the Danes on this?
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There probably was no coordination. I have heard of too many screw ups like this where people were just following orders and ignoring requests for help.


110 posted on 08/07/2016 9:01:22 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: smokingfrog

See post 66


111 posted on 08/07/2016 9:04:53 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: dp0622; JPJones; tumblindice; publius911
What’s the Royal Irish?

The Royal Irish Regiment.

Yes, a large part of Ireland is now an independent Republic, but all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom for quite a while and part of Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom, and many Irish soldiers have served, and continue to serve in the British Army. For this reason, there are a number of regiments of the British Army linked to Ireland that have the name 'Irish' in their name - the Irish Guards, and the Royal Irish being the two most famous of these.

The current Royal Irish Regiment was re-established in 1992 through the amalgamation of two regiments (the Royal Irish Rangers, and the Ulster Defence Regiment). It carries on a history dating back to 1688. It is officially based out of County Down in Northern Ireland. The regiment recruits in Northern Ireland and in Irish districts throughout the UK (it doesn't officially recruit in the Republic of Ireland for both legal and diplomatic reasons, but some recruits do come from there). Not all members of the Regiment are Irish, but most are at least of Irish descent.

112 posted on 08/07/2016 4:30:23 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Thanks for the great answer.


113 posted on 08/07/2016 4:33:55 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: naturalman1975

A large portion of the population of the South came from Northern Ireland. Their story is told in the book “Born Fighting” which I intend to read eventually.

My part of Florida, Walton County in the Panhandle was a little different in that it was settled by Highland Scots from the Western Islands.

I looked at a census of the Island of Colonsay taken in 1741 and the names were very close to the names of my classmates. The McDonalds, The McMillans, The Campbells, The Bells, The Blues, The McCleans, the McClouds, the McClellans etc. My Mother’s clan the McDuffies go back as far as history goes.


114 posted on 08/07/2016 7:13:17 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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