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| Iraq the Model Home Searched by US Army |
| 2007-03-31 |
| I tried to post this but it didn't seem to work. Here goes again. I often find myself in arguments with people about the behavior of American soldiers when they search homes and many of the people I talk to base their argument and negative impression on the footage of some raids we see on TV or on experiences of presumed relatives or friends. When I try to counter the idea of 'they knock down doors unnecessarily, steal jewelry and treat people bad' by saying that there must be a good reason the troops sometimes act rough and that 'for every reaxction there must have been an action' I often get the response of "what do you know about that? The Americans never searched your home" Well, last night they didÂ… At the end we stood to take some pictures together. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #16 Ima havin a hard time figurin out how this could have been a bad move by the military. Its the closest thing to a media coup they are ever going to get. A genuine grassroots phenomenon liked their behavior so much they asked to have their pictures taken with our troops and are spreading the positive word. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-03-31 20:35 |
| #15 Add more to all the "conspiracy" thoughts. Maybe Bush had them "searched" just to make sure they were okay after his mention. Making sure the bad guys hadn't gotten to them, and maybe words were whispered in a couple of ears during the visit, "we got your back." I read on one of the mil blogs the other day, there was a tank sitting beside a shiek's home in Anbar. I'd say, someone felt he needed to be protected! Might be the same with the brothers. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2007-03-31 17:02 |
| #14 In that neighborhood, everyone knows what the score is. I'm thinking it would have been far more suspicious if the house hadn't been searched. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-03-31 14:47 |
| #13 Anonymoose - maybe you are right. I hope so. |
| Posted by: Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-03-31 14:28 |
| #12 Dude Mil doesn't know cause Iraq the model keeps themselves secret, They came to DC and met the President of the United States of America!!. They gave talks in the US. They should be receiving protection - not this kind of crap. I'm still stunned. |
| Posted by: Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-03-31 14:26 |
| #11 ...after the search was conducted, a suitable location was found where the BBQ grill could be safely utilized for the beefsteaks. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-03-31 14:22 |
| #10 It is the WAY BadMan. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-31 14:13 |
| #9 Dude Mil doesn't know cause Iraq the model keeps themselves secret, there is a reason for that. They are not even in the photo at their blog. All the military saw was a bunch of cars at a house in a Sunni neighborhood of course you are going to get searched. |
| Posted by: djohn66 2007-03-31 14:03 |
| #8 This is unbelievable!! The brothers make the news because President Bush refers to them and shortly after we search their house?? Is anyone in the military paying attention to the blogs and the impact that they have. I'm stunned. Absolutely stunned. And as for our military acting respectful - I'm not at all stunned since I have no doubt that is the norm. |
| Posted by: Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-03-31 13:56 |
| #7 Cornmeal batter no doubt, Huh, Ship... |
| Posted by: badanov 2007-03-31 13:51 |
| #6 Propane, 8 inches of peanut oil and a serious batter. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-31 12:53 |
| #5 Ship, you prefer charcoal or gas to the wood fire to grill your fish? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-03-31 12:08 |
| #4 I for one question their grilling. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-31 11:13 |
| #3 99.99% of the Americans act like this. They are pleasant, yet professional. Unlike their countrymen on the left... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-03-31 10:50 |
| #2 nice to hear our boys behave as we at RB expect. Whotta surprise, no? No |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-31 10:43 |
| #1 Well, looky here. The reasonable Iraqi was right about US military behavior. The sad part is, many on the left are not going to want to hear about this. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-03-31 10:28 |