I had a long talk with my nephew over Thanksgiving. He's currently stationed at Fort Gordon in Augusta and is going to school there. He changed over from Armor to Signals. In his first school, he finished third in his class, right behind two Navy guys. I did give him grief about finishing behind two squids. Anyway, he served two tours in Iraq and he was a little pissed off about the Iraqi Civil War.
Yannow about that right? The LSM has been saying that we are in the middle of a civil war in Iraq. TDHO was constantly harping about that in the comments. (Where has TDHO been lately? My guess is that she has had an Obamism of Chris Matthews like proportions and has been unable to function even at her level.)
My nephew was really surprised that when he got back from Iraq in the summer, that he had spent a year in the middle of a civil war. He was kinda wondering how being able to go around Baghdad unarmed was being "in the middle of a civil war". Compared to his previous tour, Baghdad was prolly safer than most large cities in the United States. His last few months there he was a liaison to an Iraqi Army unit. He said he was rather bored as there was no action.
He told me that the propagandists reporters who were writing about a "civil war" were holed up in hotels and never went out and actually saw what was going on. In other words, there was no Iraqi Civil War. It was made up. This came from someone who was actually over there.
I trust my nephew a hell of a lot more than I trust the propagandists reporters of the LSM.
use Michael Yon's book and website as a reference.
More people have been murdered on the streets of Chicago in the last year than GI's have died in Iraq during that period.
Memo to the MSM, Harry Reid, that fat Drunk Kennedy, Kerry, Pelosi, and on a lesser note Haha, Socialist Sally and TDHO among other fuckin' losers- The war in Iraq is over. WE WON! Thanks for NOTHING! Now fuck off and die, dickheads!
Posted by: Rob Cooper on December 4, 2008 08:10 PMSoooo true. Crime is up in the States while it's down in Iraq. Go figure
Posted by: Sasha on December 4, 2008 08:22 PMI thought that when the 'Messiah' appeared there would be piece across the country. Oh well, we'll just watch a few hundred more murders in Chicago as amusement.
Posted by: Scrapiron on December 4, 2008 08:30 PMWatch they just want to make it seem "HOT" until Obama gets a chance to Stop/Win the war!!!!
Posted by: ty guy on December 4, 2008 08:37 PMRichard's right, Michael Yon tells it like it is, taking nobody's side but the troops'.
And, Denny, please pass along my thanks to that young man for his service.
Rob J
Posted by: Inbred Redneck on December 5, 2008 09:36 AMListen to a "community organiser" or a soldier with boots on the ground in Iraq?
Tough decision. Not.
The civil war stopped the day after BO got elected. The oceans have leveled also.
Posted by: gene on December 5, 2008 11:06 AMNo US combat deaths in Iraq during November.
Why was that not front page news?
Oh Yes, I forgot. Sorry. It does not fit their agenda.
Again, sorry.
Its threads like this that make me miss the vetfromhell
Posted by: patrick on December 5, 2008 07:17 PMMy son said much the same thing when he was home on leave this summer. And like you, I trust him a hell of a lot more than the media. As a matter of fact, he went so far as to beg us NOT to watch the media because he didn't want us worrying needlessly.
Posted by: kelly on December 7, 2008 11:52 AMIraqi civil War?.....
I wonder what Teresa`s son has to say about this? I`ll bet he does not share Momma`s viewpoint. She has been kinda quiet lately ......must be having some regret`s!
Posted by: dudley1 on December 8, 2008 09:51 AM