tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post8087886274020762329..comments2024-03-26T18:07:49.812-07:00Comments on Debsweb: Playing Politics With The TroopsDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05459751273157119630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post-39626106886294457602007-04-08T08:40:00.000-07:002007-04-08T08:40:00.000-07:00I understood that they were lost, I read the repor...I understood that they were lost, I read the report.<BR/><BR/>When I said they were sent without proper training, etc. I was referring to the majority of troops that were sent to Iraq; they were not all trained in guerrilla warfare and I was using the disaster at An Nasiriyah as an example of the major screwup that we call the war on terror, at this point. <BR/><BR/>When I was stationed at Ft. Lewis, we were on a midnight blackout run when we ended up in the middle of tank target practice. My CO couldn't read a map and then to compound the problem he wouldn't let us turn on our lights so that they would know we were there. One of the scariest nights of my life, so I sort of understand how they felt, which is another reason I used it as an example.<BR/><BR/>The whole Iraqi freedom thing is a major debacle that some of us saw coming.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459751273157119630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post-79414655824594146702007-04-08T08:35:00.000-07:002007-04-08T08:35:00.000-07:00Bush has taken 409 days of vacation since he took ...Bush has taken 409 days of vacation since he took office, and has just left for another.<BR/><BR/>If Bush had worked like normal Americans in those 409 days, look how many more wars and acts of destruction, would have been committed for profit.<BR/><BR/>www.lydiacornell.comLarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779407369074779488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post-77202789938771672622007-04-08T06:44:00.000-07:002007-04-08T06:44:00.000-07:00You cannot use the battle of Nasiriyah to support ...You cannot use the battle of Nasiriyah to support your assumptions. I am the author of "Marines in the Garden of Eden." It is the only book to tell the entire story of that bloody battle. I wrote this book for you.<BR/><BR/>I wrote this book for the American people so that they could understand what really happened. <BR/><BR/>In your post you said:<BR/>"They were sent in without the proper equipment, were issued shoddy armor and forced to fight in conditions they were unprepared for, or has everybody forgotten the first disaster at An Nasiriyah? The report on that debacle is quite fascinating."<BR/><BR/>Well, the 507th Maintenance Company was not "sent in." They were lost. Who was sent in to Nasiriyah? United States Marines were sent in. Specifically, Regimental Combat Team - 2 was "sent in" to Nasiriyah to secure the bridges. They were led by 1st Battalion, 2d Marines. 1/2 was a mechanized infantry company, supported by a company of M1 tanks and riding in Marine AMTRACS. The were also supported by Marine air cover. They were prepared for the fight they encountered.<BR/><BR/>Richard S. Lowry<BR/>www.marinesinthegardenofeden.comRichard S. Lowryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186107940954564553noreply@blogger.com