A letter I stole.
Yes, I stole this letter from Soldier of Fortune Magazine. It was accompanied by a picture of some of America's finest.The story told in this letter is about an incident that glaringly tells the difference between our troops and the monsters we are fighting.
To the Editors of Soldier of Fortune Magazine.
My name is Corporal Brian Teague, and I am currently serving with Golf 2/4. I am first team leader 1st Sqd, 1st Plt. I have included a picture of my squad and would like to tell you about some of the good work we are doing here in Ar Ramadi Iraq. Our company gets very little credit for what we do here.
I wanted to tell you the story of a very brave Marine who gave his life not for anything as noble as his country or as corrupt as oil, but who died for his fellow Marines and the children of Iraq.
Early June 2004, our Platoon was given a mission to conduct a mounted patrol to all the schools in our AO. We stopped at three schools, handing out soccer balls and school supplies. The last school we stopped at was in the southern part of our AO. The HMMWVs were all parked on the road next to the school. From the corner in front of us, an insurgent popped around the corner with an RPG-7 and fired.
He missed the convoy and hit a group of school kids. Instead of chasing the enemy, we gave aid to the kids. We stood our ground, taking small arms fire from unknown directions. Two of the kids died instantly but there were more still hurt -- While our corpsmen (doc Smith and Camacho) were working on the kids another rocket was fired, this time hitting the best friend I had in my platoon, Todd Bolding. We loaded him up in the HMMWV and took him to Junction City to 1st ID's C Med.
He was very strong and didn't die until a few days later in Germany.
Corporal Brian Teague
0311/USMC
So the Jihadists care so little about Iraq or it's people that they will not wait a few minutes for our troops to get clear of the school.
Our troops on the other hand stayed to help the children injured by these Islamic monsters while still under fire.
It should be clear to anyone who has watched the news over the last few months that the Jihadists don't care the least bit about the people of Iraq or their children. They only want the U.S out so they can have their way in Iraq and in the Middle East.
My appologies to SOF for stealing their letter. But I don't think they will mind.
SOF
If you are tired of hearing the Hate America First version of the war in Iraq, and would like to hear the real story, frequently told by the boots on the ground, pick up a copy of Soldier of Fortune at your local magazine seller. It's usually in the Gun Magazine area or maybe the Military History area.
Silver linings in Iraq clouds that you'll never hear form the liberal biased press
The Defense Department puts out daily reports on some 2,000 successful projects based on information accumulated from civilian and military sources on the ground. However, most of the American media have diligently avoided reporting on this plethora of good news, negatively flavoring the worldwide impression of our efforts.
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AlQueada has nukes?
Now here's a scarey thought.From one of AlQueada's top Depuites.
"We sent our people to Moscow, to Tashkent, to other Central Asian states, and they negotiated and we purchased some suitcase (nuclear) bombs."
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