Has anyone received a letter from some Lt. Colonel in Iraq who calls war protesters every foul name in the book? A friend of mine sent it to me via e mail, and it looks bogus to me.


> > Here is an email from guy on the ground in Baghdad. Lengthy, but good.
> > Steve
> > >
> > >Hey Guys, sorry it's been so long since I've sent anything but a quick
>note
> > >to you individually. However things have been pretty hectic since the
>end
> > >of hostilities and the start of the real war. Despite what the
>assholes
>in
> > >the press like to say over and over:
> > >1) We did expect some armed resistance from the Ba'ath Party and
>Feydaheen;
> > >2) It isn't any worse than expected;
> > >3) Things are getting better each day, and
> > >4) The morale of the troops is A-1, except for the normal bitching and
> > >griping.
> > >
> > >My brief love affair with the press, especially the guys who had the
> > >cajones
> > >to be embedded with the troops during the fighting, is probably over,
> > >especially since we are back being criticized by the same Roland Headly
> > >types that used to hang around the Palestine Hotel drinking Baghdad
>Bob's
> > >whiskey and parroting his ridiculous B.S.
> > >
> > >I'm in Baghdad now, since SpOpComm 5 relocated here from Qatar. It
>looks,
> > >sounds and smells about the same but at least you can get Maker's Mark
>at
> > >the local OC. We came up in mid-June to help set up operation Scorpion
>and
> > >Sidewinder. It represents a major (and long overdue) shift in tactics.
> > >Instead of being sitting ducks for the ragheads we now are going after
>the
> > >worthless pieces of fecal matter. [OD NOTE: VERY understated!]
> > >
> > >I'm no longer baby-sitting the pukes from CNN and the canned hams from
>the
> > >networks, but have a combat mission coordinating a bunch of A teams,
> > >seeking, finding and rooting out the mostly non-Iraqis that are
>well-armed,
> > >well-paid (in U.S. dollars) and always waiting to wail for the press
>and
> > >then shoot some GI in the back in the midst of a crowd.
> > >
> > >The only reason the GIs are pissed (not demoralized) is that they
>cannot
> > >touch, must less waste, those taunting bags of gas that scream in their
> > >faces and riot on cue when they spot a camera man from ABC, BBC, CBS,
>CNN
> > >or
> > >NBC. If they did, then they know the next nightly news will be about
>how
> > >chaotic things are and how much the Iraqi people hate us.
> > >
> > >Some do. But the vast majority don't and more and more see that the
>GIs
> > >don't start anything, are by-and-large friendly, and very
>compassionate,
> > >especially to kids and old people. I saw a bunch of 19 year-olds from
>the
> > >82nd Airborne not return fire coming from a mosque until they got a
>group
> > >of
> > >elderly civilians out of harms way. So did the Iraqis.
> > >
> > >A bunch of bad guys used a group of women and children as human
>shields.
> > >The GIs surrounded them and negotiated their surrender fifteen hours
>later
> > >and when they discovered a three year-old girl had been injured by the
>big
> > >tough guys throwing her down a flight of stairs, the GIs called in a
>MedVac
> > >helicopter to take her and her mother to the nearest field hospital.
>The
> > >Iraqis watched it all, and there hasn't been a problem in that
>neighborhood
> > >since. How many such stories, and there are hundreds of them, ever get
> > >reported in the fair and balanced press? You know, nada.
> > >
> > >The civilians who have figured it out faster than anyone are the local
> > >teenagers. They watch the GIs and try to talk to them and ask
>questions
> > >about America and now wear wrap-around sunglasses, GAP T-shirts,
>Dockers
> > >(or even better Levis with the red tags) and Nikes (or Egyptian
>knock-offs,
> > >but with the "swoosh") and love to listen to AFN when the GIs play it
>on
> > >their radios. They participate less and less in the demonstrations and
> > >help
> > >keep us informed when a wannabe bad-ass shows up in the neighborhood.
>The
> > >younger kids are going back to school again, don't have to listen to
>some
> > >mullah rant about the Koran ten hours a day, and they get a hot meal.
>They
> > >see the same GIs who man the corner checkpoint, helping clear the
> > >playground, install new swingsets and create soccer fields. I watched
>a
> > >bunch of kids playing baseball in one playground, under the supervision
>of
> > >a
> > >couple of GIs from Oklahoma. They weren't very good but were having
>fun,
> > >probably more than most Little Leaguers
> > >
> > >The place is still a mess but most of it has been for years. But the
> > >Hospitals are open and are in the process of being brought into the
>21st
> > >Century. The MOs and visiting surgeons from home are teaching their
>docs
> > >new techniques and One American pharmaceutical company (you know, the
>kind
> > >that all the hippies like to scream about as greedy) donated enough
> > >medicine
> > >to stock 45 hospital pharmacies for a year.   Safe water is more
>available.
> > >Electricity has been restored to pre-war levels but saboteurs keep
>cutting
> > >the lines. And The old Ba'ath big shots are upset because they can't
>get
> > >fuel for their private generators. One actually complained to General
> > >McKeirnan, who told him it was a rough world.
> > >
> > >The MPs are screening the 80,000 Iraqi police force and rehabbing the
>ones
> > >that weren't goons, shake-down artists or torturers like they did in
>East
> > >Berlin, Kosovo and Afghanistan. There are dual patrols of Iraqi cops
>and
> > >U.S./U.K./Polish MPs now in most of the larger cities. Basra has 3.5
> > >million inhabitants. Mosul is a city of 2 million. Kirkuk has 1
>million.
> > >How many and hundreds of other small towns have not had riots or
>shootings?
> > >The vast majority.
> > >
> > >The six U.K. cops were killed in a small Shiite town by the ex-cops
>they
> > >were re-habbing. According to a Royal Marine colonel I talked to, the
>town
> > >now has about twenty permanent vacancies in its police force. Mick,
>he's
>a
> > >big potato eater from Belfast named Huggins and knows how to handle
> > >terrorists after twenty years fighting with the IRA. He sends his
>regards
> > >and says he'd love to have you here. Thinks you'd make a great police
> > >chief, even though the cops would be more frightened of you than the
>local
> > >hoods (then he laughed)
> > >
> > >I heard one doofus on MSNBC the other night talk about how "nearly 60"
>GIs
> > >have been killed since 01 May. The truth is that 21 GIs have been
>killed
> > >in
> > >combat, mostly from ambush, from 01 May through 30 June, Another 29
>have
> > >been killed by accidents or other causes (two drowned while swimming in
>the
> > >Tigris).
> > >
> > >The [MSNBC turd] is the same jerk who reported on the air that "dozens
>of
> > >GIs" were badly burned when two RPGs hit a truck belonging to an
>Engineer
> > >Battalion that was parked by a construction site. The truck was hit
>and
> > >burned, three GIs received minor injuries (including the driver who
>burnt
> > >his hand) and three warriors of Allah were promptly sent to enjoy their
>72
> > >slave girls in Paradise. Hell of a way to get laid.
> > >
> > >A mosque in that shithole Fallujah blew up this morning while the local
> > >imam, a creep named Fahlil (who was one of the biggest local loudmouths
> > >that
> > >frequently appeared on CNN) was helping a Syrian Hamas member teach
>eight
> > >teenagers how to make belt bombs. Right away the local Feyhadeen
> > >propaganda
> > >group started wailing that the Americans hit it with a TOW missile (If
>they
> > >had there wouldn't have been any mosque left!) and the usual suspects
>took
> > >to the streets for CNN and BBC. One fool was dragging around a piece
>of
> > >tin
> > >with blood on it, claiming it was part of the missile.
> > >
> > >The cameras rolled and the idiot started repeating his story, then one
>of
> > >my
> > >guys asked him in Arabic where he had left the rag he usually wore
>around
> > >his face that made him look like a girl. He was a local leader of the
> > >Feyhadeen. We took the clown in custody and were asked rather
>indignantly
> > >by the twit from BBC if we were trying to shut up "the poor man who had
> > >seen
> > >his mosque and friends blown up."   I told the airy-fairy who the
>raghead
> > >was and if he knew Arabic (which he obviously didn't) he'd know he was
>a
> > >Palestinian. I suggested we take him down to the local jail and we'd
>lock
> > >him and his cameraman in a cell with the "poor man" and they could
> > >interview
> > >him until we took him to headquarters. They declined the invitation.
> > >Guess
> > >what played on the Bullshit Broadcasting System that evening? Did the
> > >Americans blow up a mosque? See the poor man who is still in a state
>of
> > >shock over losing his mosque and relatives? Yep. Our friend the
> > >Palestinian.
> > >
> > >Our search and destroy missions are largely at night, free of reporters
>and
> > >generally terrifying to those brave warriors of Allah. The only thing
>that
> > >frightens them more is hearing the word "Gitmo". The word is out that
>a
> > >trip to Guantanimo Bay is not a Caribbean vacation and they usually
>start
> > >squealing like the little mice they are, when an interrogator mentions
> > >"Gitmo". No wonder the International Red Cross, the National Council
>of
> > >Churches and the French keep protesting about the place. They know it
>has
> > >proven to be very effective in keeping several hundred real fanatical
> > >psychopaths in check and very frankly would rather see them cut loose
>to
>go
> > >kill some more GIs or innocent Americans, just to make W. look bad.
> > >
> > >We have about 200 really bad guys in custody now and probably will park
> > >them
> > >in the desert behind a triple roll of razor wire, backed up by a couple
>of
> > >Bradleys pointed their way, if they decide to riot. Maybe a few will
>get
> > >to
> > >Gitmo but most are human garbage that wouldn't take on your five-year
>old
> > >grandson face-to-face. The more we go after them and not vice-versa I
> > >think
> > >we will see the sniper attacks go down. Yeah, they'll get lucky now
>and
> > >then, but it's showtime, fellows.
> > >
> > >Our first objective is to get the die-hards off the street (or make
>them
> > >too
> > >scared to come out in them) and destroy their caches of weapons (we
>have
> > >collected more than 227,000 AK-47s and that is only the tip of the
>iceburg;
> > >Curly bought nearly a million of them from our pal Vladimir), then cut
>off
> > >their money supply, mostly from Syria and Lebanon. We must continue to
>get
> > >public services up and running, so the local families can get water,
>sewage
> > >and garbage service; electricity, public transportation; oil fields and
> > >refineries working and a dinar that won't halve in value every month.
> > >
> > >It's going to be a long haul (remember it took 10-15 years in Japan and
> > >West
> > >Germany) but if we don't stick with it, nobody else will, and we'll
>have
> > >some other looney running the place again.
> > >
> > >This place has greater potential than Saudi Arabia (bunch of
>goat-herders
> > >who struck black gold) or Iran (weird dudes who can't run a rug bazaar
>much
> > >less a major country).
> > >
> > >I keep telling myself even the Democrats can't be that
>self-destructive.
> > >But then I look at the current line-up. The cream of the crap. If
>that
> > >lying lesbian bitch ever gets elected we're really in trouble. [OD
>NOTE:
> > >AAAAMEN!!! Very precise & correct description of the scummy Sen from
>NY.]
> > >By we, I mean the whole world. She'll slide just plain Bill in as the
> > >Secretary-General of the U.N. and then the whole world will be trying
>to
> > >take our great country . . . the greatest ever (and that's coming from
>an
> > >ex-Canuck) . . . down and civilization with it.
> > >
> > >Armageddon, here we come. Remember, it's located on the outskirts of
> > >Jerusalem.
> > >
> > >Enough of that cheery speculation. The good news is that General
> > >Schoonmaker
> > >is going to appointed Chief Army and the old man is coming to Tampa to
>run
> > >the SpOps desk at CentComm. He's tops and will be getting his second
>star.
> > >To me it means that SpOps will be more predominant in future operations
>and
> > >after 18 years as a GB maybe I'll have a shot at a bird-level combat
> > >command. The old man asked me to come to MacDill and be his ACS but I
>told
> > >him after I spent four months changing the diapers of the media types,
>I
> > >wanted to go back to action. Hence, my current gig. As the movie
>quoted
> > >old General Patton, "God help me, I love it."   I do. Nothing more
> > >satisfying than working with the BEST damn soldiers in the world,
>flushing
> > >real human poop down the drain and giving some folks a chance at trying
> > >freedom for a change. They may learn to like it and then my
> > >great-great-grandson won't have to worry about some maniac trying to
> > >destroy
> > >the planet.
> > >
> > >Now about that Maker's Mark. God Bless America Mark.
> >
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