Comments on: Firefight Lifeflight

By: Dave Surls

Dave Surls — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:27:34 +0000

Video of heroic freedom fighters standing up to an Apache AH.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Apache-killing-Iraq.avi.ogg

Those 30mm cannons are great. After a guerrilla gets hit by them, you don’t have to worry about funeral expenses, ’cause there ain’t enough left to bury.

By: Maharlika

Maharlika — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:56:02 +0000

LMAO!

As in the ’60s song:

what’s it all about, Alphie?

You’ll never know, Alphie…

‘Cause your neurons don’t fire, Alphie!

By: RTO Trainer

RTO Trainer — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:52:29 +0000

Sorry if I think the guys taking on four of our multi-million dollar flying death machines with small arms showed as much bravery as the guys fighting behind them.

Nope. It means that you're still ignorant. These aren't poorly armed pesants. And we don't send aviation assets to take out small groups wiht small arms. I have no information for this specific engagement, but a CENTCOM release of the same day describes an aviation assault on a 120mm mortar position and a ZSU-1 near Iskandaria. That's what aviation gets used for. I know you'd rather beleive that these are farmers and merchants who are spontaneously taking up arms against us. It's just not so. the mortar and armored vehicle cited above should be illustration of that.

By: Moon

Moon — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:11:39 +0000

Reading these dialogs from the outside, but seldom participating, I have to say: you guys might consider just not responding to the nitwit.

By: alphie

alphie — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:33:43 +0000

Haha, salty,

Sorry if I think the guys taking on four of our multi-million dollar flying death machines with small arms showed as much bravery as the guys fighting behind them.

Not the usual report we get from the right of “cowardly” insurgents, is it?

By: Dave Surls

Dave Surls — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:08:11 +0000

“Good work, but check out the ‘Rogue Gunner’ site for 17th January 07 – Royal Marines got there first.”

Here’s a link to the RM rescue story.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1247706,00.html

By: saltydog

saltydog — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:11:31 +0000

The pissant just cannot help being a petty little zero he is. Show him true heroes and he must whine and winge and try to wipe out the hero. We mustn’t have real heroes, you know, because that would mean that the pissant has a choice–and we all know the choice he’s made. He only shows the world what a craven little asshat he is.

I didn’t think you could get any smaller, little ant, but you’ve managed to do so.

By: alphie

alphie — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:22:24 +0000

I guess we see what we want to see, nailgun.

I see poorly armed peasants willing to stand up and fight against Apache helicopters.

Badasses, indeed.

We need to leave.

By: the nailgun

the nailgun — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:00:25 +0000

what a contrast on the one hand we have Chief Warrant Officer Crist on the other “Alphie”!!! The very best and worst of America all on the one post.

Here is a wonderful act of courage and selflessness and Alphie’s contribution is some spurious political point scoring trying to infer that when the military pointed out that there has been wonderful progress in Al Anbar that this claim was there was zero violence. Anyone with even half a brain recognises there is still a serious fight going on in Al Anbar just that it is going vastly better than it was a year ago. Spare us your mean spirited nonsense Alphie. Spare yourself for that matter too.

By: The_Real_JeffS

The_Real_JeffS — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:32:55 +0000

Way cool! Good to go, troops!