Andrew, I obviously missed the order to our troops to hold their positions while their leaders figure out what to do. Who issued that order? When? How did you find out about it, if it exists? Where did you get this little operational tidbit that would, under ordinary circumstances, be CLASSIFIED to protect our troops from attacks by an enemy that, if they knew about such an order, could attack with IMPUNITY without fearing an aggressive response?
Do the troops in Baghdad who have been scouring the Sadr City neighborhoods and other areas in the Baghdad area know about this? I know for a fact that the troops in Ramadi haven't received that order yet, because their assignment to work 16-hour days looking for arms caches and insurgents hasn't changed since ... well, since they got there back in September. And those reinforcements y'all have been griping about? The 1st Battalion, 6th Marines in Ramadi are reinforcing THEMSELVES through a two-month extension of their initial seven-month tour of duty. Is that a HOOT, or what?
Just three days ago, one of our U.S. troops - an Army soldier working alongside some of those Marines from 1/6 - was killed by sniper fire. Fortunately, the troops with him (who were, according to you, just "holding their positions" under orders) were also holding their rifles, and they eliminated that sniper from the gene pool rather efficiently. God bless those American troops. They can "hold their positions" and discuss all the leftist drivel back home that's undermining their mission and STILL have enough presence of mind to do the job the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, in an overwhelming vote almost four years ago, sent them to do.
If you mean by that that our troops haven't been ORDERED to retreat (cut and run, bug out, etc.), then, yes, they're holding their positions. If you mean they're just playing a waiting game, though, you obviously have been getting your information from the wrong sources OR you have way too much fiber in your diet.
Or, perhaps, both. Come on, Andrew. You just made that up, didn't you? You can say it. It's alright. We already know you make up stuff sometimes. We all do, but when I make up stuff about purebred mules and Uncle Harley, I'm joking. AND I DON'T PUT ANYBODY'S LIFE AT RISK.
I do know, Andrew, that the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines have lost more than a dozen of their own in the past four months. I know that for a fact, and you know how I know that for a fact already. And you know what? NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE BRAVE MARINES DIED FROM A BULLET TO THE BACK WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO RETREAT. I know that for a fact, too. Brave, brave men with a job to do, and men for whom leaving a fellow soldier or Marine high and dry in the middle if a WAR is unthinkable.
Guess there aren't as many Democrats in uniform as some of y'all think there are, huh?
Congratulations on winning the prize from Wayward, by the way. I wouldn't put it in the display case yet, though. It may just be plastic sprayed with gold paint to LOOK like it's worth something. And handle it with care, because it may have recently been full of crap.
