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2008-11-25 Afghanistan

HT to AOSHQ - I don't remember seeing this here, but if it was, please delete and my apologies. A taste:
In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.

Posted by Frank G 2008-11-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 The insurgents were dug-in around Sewan.

A shout rang out," One Marine is worth 10 insurgents!"

Ten insurgents were sent over the hill; gunfire; no one returned.

A second shout, "One Marine is worth 100 insurgents!"

One hundred insurgents went over the hill; gunfire; no one returned.

A third shout, "One Marine is worth 1000 insurgents!"

A thousand insurgents went over the hill; gunfire, mortars, etc..

One wounded man crawled back to the insurgent leader, "Its a trap! There are two Marines!"

Then he died. [I added that! :-) ]

Posted by gorb 2008-11-25 05:11|| 2008-11-25 05:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I get the feeling that sniper was definitely "in the zone" for a while out there.

I used to get it playing twitch-skill computer games, getting "there" in the real world and holding it for so long will leave him a changed man.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-11-25 07:59|| 2008-11-25 07:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Simply amazing.
Stories like this should end any doubt about US forces hiding behind technology to win. Bad Ass.

BP, friend of mine plays those type of games; I don't think I am a slouch at it but it makes me glad I'm in his living room rather than the other end of the line :)

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-25 12:14|| 2008-11-25 12:14|| Front Page Top

#4 During WWII, on Guadalcanal, a force estimated at 1500 Japanese attacked a machine gun nest manned by five Marines. The Japanese pulled back after a three-hour gun battle, leaving over 500 of their company behind. One Marine survived the attack. Don't mess with Marines!

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-11-25 12:28|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-11-25 12:28|| Front Page Top

#5 A quick search of Google News shows that the story made a few conservative blogs and a few foreign news publications, but does not appear anywhere in the US mainstream press.

Posted by DMFD 2008-11-25 13:26|| 2008-11-25 13:26|| Front Page Top

#6 It didn't make the US mainstream press because there was no way to spin this story to make the Marines look like cold blooded killers. The US press has no understanding of true heroes and they certainly don't want to learn. Perhaps when the big O becomes president they will pick up on these stories, since he will be CINC. spit.

Posted by remoteman 2008-11-25 14:23|| 2008-11-25 14:23|| Front Page Top

#7 It didn't make the mainstream press because this is not news, this is expected behaviour based on what they've seen in Hollywood films. Entirely too many journalists cannot differentiate between such fantasy and reality. Additionally, the story was reported within the military, rather than by trained journalists employed by "respected"* news organizations; as far as they are concerned, there is no way to know that it actually happened... the It only happened if it was reported in the New York Times view of the universe.

*Scare quotes deliberately employed.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-11-25 14:41|| 2008-11-25 14:41|| Front Page Top

#8 You're right TW, the MSM only picks up on those propaganda stories, like those from Iraqi AP journalist extraordinaire, Balil Hussein !!

Posted by Tom- Pa 2008-11-25 17:10|| 2008-11-25 17:10|| Front Page Top

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