Marines kick some tail in Afghanistan

[jeffy]

FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan ? In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.

...Shewan had been a thorn in the side of [the Marines] because it controls an important supply route into the Bala Baluk district. Opening the route was key to continuing combat operations in the area.

“The day started out with a 10-kilometer patrol...so by the time we got to Shewan, we were pretty beat,” said a designated marksman who requested to remain unidentified. “Our vehicles came under a barrage of enemy RPGs and machine gun fire. One of our ‘humvees’ was disabled, and the Marines inside dismounted and laid down suppression fire...”

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[willie83]

“The biggest thing to take from that day is what Marines can accomplish when they’re given the opportunity to fight,” the sniper said. “A small group of Marines met a numerically superior force and embarrassed them in their own backyard. The insurgents told the townspeople that they were stronger than the Americans, and that day we showed them they were wrong.”

This has been the problem with this war from the start. We don't have the will to win and can't accept collateral damage being part of a successful campaign to end terrorism. The US is not allowed to be the aggressor, we always have to be reactionary and it makes us look weak.

Bush should drop the big one on his way out.

[Oklahoma_Cat]

 

Either work at McDonalds or join the military.

[willie83]

Either work at McDonalds or join the military.

Why do you hate America?

[Oklahoma_Cat]

Because it smells like cream cheese.

[JTKSU]

Because it smells like cream cheese.

If everywhere you go smells bad, thats you man.

[krazykat]

ooo-rah