Quote of the day
posted at 12:30 am on May 15, 2007 by Allahpundit
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“He just kept saying, ‘they saved my life, they saved my life…these are great men; they are heroes.’ Even after telling it several times, he couldn’t get through the story without choking up — and this was a man who had arrived here with all of the disdain for the Iraq mission and for the American soldiers who he [like seemingly most Europeans] had seen as the bad guys in this fight.”
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Gratitude will be short lived, I’m sure.
Kini on May 15, 2007 at 12:51 AM
I never comment on your quote of the day posts, but I always read them and they’re always worth the time.
John on May 15, 2007 at 1:12 AM
Hear, hear!
God Bless our wonderful Men and Women in Uniform!
tickleddragon on May 15, 2007 at 1:17 AM
The greatest military force in the history of the world. If they are allowed to do what they do best, no army can beat them. If America loses her will, there may be nothing our troops can do to claim victory.
I think it would be hard for anyone to read that piece and then think that our soldiers are a bunch of naive patsies and dupes for Bushco and the Neocons. God Bless all our soldiers and their families that are also making great sacrifices.
Mallard T. Drake on May 15, 2007 at 1:58 AM
I agree with every word you said. Unfortunately the people here in the States who are working so hard to guarantee defeat aren’t any more concerned about the truth than they are about our troops. But the article is well worth reading, and as always I couldn’t be more proud of our servicemembers. They embody the very best of us, just as those who want to see them fail are the worst of us.
ReubenJCogburn on May 15, 2007 at 3:47 AM
awesome article.
There’s also a nice article on http://extremecentre.org/
about the civilised way of dealing with terrorists. The Algeriens know how to avoid the negative publicity that arise from a Gitmo and Guantanamo:
“In Algeria, no need for a Gitmo!
17 AQ terrorists in Maghreb have been eliminated in Algeria by ANP forces, during a huge sweep of the Aït Yahia Moussa community.”
The article goes on to explain that they had the dumb f*s cornered in a house. After strafing the walls with machine gunfire as a warning they troops demanded the terrorists’ surrender over the megaphones repeatedly. Instead the terrorists opened fire. The result is history.
I guess Olbie would say that they were poor harmless victims, because they were stupid.
Aylios on May 15, 2007 at 5:50 AM
If he hasn’t lost his job already, he probably will.
SuperManGreenLantern on May 15, 2007 at 7:35 AM
Now if the Dems are willing to adopt that practice, I’m willing to give up most of Gitmo.
More people need to have the experience the journalist did (perhaps minus the near-death part), before they pass judgment on our soldiers.
amerpundit on May 15, 2007 at 8:29 AM
Nice. And also good, he’ll probably tell everyone he knows. Hard not to tell a story like that.
Tanya on May 15, 2007 at 12:56 PM
A Soldier saves a reporter’s life, that’s great, but too bad it couldn’t have been Mike Wallace, who said if he knew American Troops were walking into an ambush, he wouldn’t tell them because he’s “only there to report the news.” Well, our Soldiers are *only there to fight the war*, not to babysit reporters, the Soldier who moved the Greek reporter out of harm’s way went above and beyond the call of duty. Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it, Mike Wallace.
Tony737 on May 15, 2007 at 12:57 PM