July 16, 2006
Then came a moment the soldiers still cannot fathom. They saw the muzzle of a machine gun sprout from the sedan's side window. They heard a burst of bullets, and they saw a group of small children scatter and fall to the ground.It probably wasn't a mistake.To this day, they do not know why the insurgents fired on the school. It might have been a diversionary
tactic. It might have been a mistake.
Before the terrorists could make their escape onto a four-lane highway, where their vehicle would be able to outrun the heavily armored Humvee, the driver was given the order to ram the terrorists. He did. Twice.
The soldiers downplay their courage:
"I look at the men who landed at D-Day," he said. "Some of them came away without any medals at all. Compared to that, what did I do? I got shot at for a while, chased some guys down and killed them. Compared to storming the beaches at Normandy? It pales in comparison. But at the same time, I'm proud of the award."Read the whole thing here.
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Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.
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Over 200,000 US troops have served in Iraq over the past 3 years. Even if 200 (maximum) are bad actors and have committed crimes, that is less than 0.1% of US troops.
Meanwhile, Sullivan is content to smear the rest of US military, greater than 99.9% of them. I bet more than 0.1% of the queers in Manhattan social circles are pedophiles.
Should we condemn all homosexuals as criminals?
Posted by: Darth Vag at July 16, 2006 12:09 PM (+nlyI)
Posted by: Randman at July 16, 2006 02:33 PM (Sal3J)
Posted by: greyrooster at July 16, 2006 04:39 PM (EJPUn)
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