Comments on: Totten: The bravery of Iraqis http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:04:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jbinnout http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-874814 jbinnout Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:13:07 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-874814 "Greater love has no man than this, that he would lay down his life for his friends." “Greater love has no man than this, that he would lay down his life for his friends.”

]]> By: RushBaby http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-874509 RushBaby Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:43:28 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-874509 <blockquote>JetBlast on January 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM</blockquote> You can <strong>count</strong> on it. You'll be in my thoughts, send news if you can.

JetBlast on January 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM

You can count on it. You’ll be in my thoughts, send news if you can.

]]> By: oakpack http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-873406 oakpack Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:29:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-873406 Brave, brave Iraqis. They are surely missed. This kind of courage needs to be exposed to the American public. Brave, brave Iraqis. They are surely missed. This kind of courage needs to be exposed to the American public.

]]> By: JetBlast http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-873230 JetBlast Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:46:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-873230 RushBaby on January 12, 2008 I'll tell them tomorrow...we just had another rocket attack here...probably 4-5 of them landed in camp from the sound of it. 8:00 PM Sat night. Gotta keep that route to the bunker clear again tonight. Thanks all the same. PLEASE make sure that the unwavering Americans VOTE then....we've come way too far to just walk away with the job not quite done. RushBaby on January 12, 2008

I’ll tell them tomorrow…we just had another rocket attack here…probably 4-5 of them landed in camp from the sound of it. 8:00 PM Sat night. Gotta keep that route to the bunker clear again tonight.

Thanks all the same. PLEASE make sure that the unwavering Americans VOTE then….we’ve come way too far to just walk away with the job not quite done.

]]> By: RushBaby http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-873097 RushBaby Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:36:24 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-873097 <blockquote>JetBlast on January 12, 2008 at 9:57 AM</blockquote> If you get a chance, please tell as many of them as possible that they have 100% unwavering support, admiration, and inspired pride from plenty of Americans.

JetBlast on January 12, 2008 at 9:57 AM

If you get a chance, please tell as many of them as possible that they have 100% unwavering support, admiration, and inspired pride from plenty of Americans.

]]> By: JetBlast http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-873027 JetBlast Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:57:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-873027 I'm in Iraq training Iraqis and they cannot be seen coming or going from our place of work for fear of being seen with any coalition members. They risk their lives every day coming to work and going home. These guys are truely dedicated along with the soldiers in this story. What the previous regime did to this poplulation was simply unforgivable and they are trying to turn things around...with or without 100% unwavering support from the left side of the aisle. I’m in Iraq training Iraqis and they cannot be seen coming or going from our place of work for fear of being seen with any coalition members. They risk their lives every day coming to work and going home. These guys are truely dedicated along with the soldiers in this story. What the previous regime did to this poplulation was simply unforgivable and they are trying to turn things around…with or without 100% unwavering support from the left side of the aisle.

]]> By: MSGTAS http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-873005 MSGTAS Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:52:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-873005 Better than a daisy in the barrel of an M-16. Better than a daisy in the barrel of an M-16.

]]> By: Hening http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872839 Hening Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:01:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872839 Our military rocks, not change. Our military rocks, not change.

]]> By: Chapomatic » Spend Your Life Like It Means Something. Someone Just Did. http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872764 Chapomatic » Spend Your Life Like It Means Something. Someone Just Did. Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:42:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872764 [...] Links to more details, and more pictures, at Hot Air. [...] [...] Links to more details, and more pictures, at Hot Air. [...]

]]> By: RushBaby http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872717 RushBaby Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:52:33 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872717 <blockquote>That they rose to the occasion as any true American can only hope that he, or she, would if placed in a similar, impossible, situation, was magnificent. It was not a sacrifice. It was a battle in a war. They fought and died, losing for themselves, but winning for their country. Sacrifice is too small a word for what they did.</blockquote> Poem.

That they rose to the occasion as any true American can only hope that he, or she, would if placed in a similar, impossible, situation, was magnificent. It was not a sacrifice. It was a battle in a war. They fought and died, losing for themselves, but winning for their country. Sacrifice is too small a word for what they did.

Poem.

]]> By: Splunge http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872712 Splunge Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:48:29 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872712 <blockquote>Michael J. Totten wrote this piece. RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 9:46 PM</blockquote> Oops, thanks for the correction. Sorry.

Michael J. Totten wrote this piece.

RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 9:46 PM

Oops, thanks for the correction. Sorry.

]]> By: RushBaby http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872711 RushBaby Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:46:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872711 <blockquote>Splunge on January 11, 2008 at 9:37 PM</blockquote> Michael J. Totten wrote this piece.

Splunge on January 11, 2008 at 9:37 PM

Michael J. Totten wrote this piece.

]]> By: Splunge http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872699 Splunge Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:37:47 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872699 <blockquote>They are arguably as brave as the Americans who sacked the Al Qaeda hijackers on United Airlines Flight 93 over Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, and sacrificed themselves so that others could live.</blockquote> All respect to Michael Yon, one of the great journalists of our time, and I hate to contradict any tribute to the incredible people on flight 93, but that is not what they did. They knew what happened earlier that day. They knew they were doomed if they did not act. They did not "sacrifice themselves so that others could live." They went to war in the hopes that they would live, and others would live. Moments before, they thought they were on a routine flight, but they got off their asses and rose to the occasion and brought down the enemy. That they died was a tragedy. That they rose to the occasion as any true American can only hope that he, or she, would if placed in a similar, impossible, situation, was magnificent. It was not a sacrifice. It was a battle in a war. They fought and died, losing for themselves, but winning for their country. Sacrifice is too small a word for what they did.

They are arguably as brave as the Americans who sacked the Al Qaeda hijackers on United Airlines Flight 93 over Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, and sacrificed themselves so that others could live.

All respect to Michael Yon, one of the great journalists of our time, and I hate to contradict any tribute to the incredible people on flight 93, but that is not what they did. They knew what happened earlier that day. They knew they were doomed if they did not act. They did not “sacrifice themselves so that others could live.” They went to war in the hopes that they would live, and others would live. Moments before, they thought they were on a routine flight, but they got off their asses and rose to the occasion and brought down the enemy. That they died was a tragedy. That they rose to the occasion as any true American can only hope that he, or she, would if placed in a similar, impossible, situation, was magnificent. It was not a sacrifice. It was a battle in a war. They fought and died, losing for themselves, but winning for their country. Sacrifice is too small a word for what they did.

]]> By: major john http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872674 major john Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:27:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872674 <blockquote>They were friends the Americans and Iraqis did not know we had until they were gone.</blockquote> Those of us in TTs (Transition Teams) know them. And I mean "them" in the larger sense. Those three were of the very best. There are more like them, too. I, and my fellow TT members are going to make sure that the "inferior training and equipment" part of Totten's commentary is knocked down a peg or two.

They were friends the Americans and Iraqis did not know we had until they were gone.

Those of us in TTs (Transition Teams) know them. And I mean “them” in the larger sense. Those three were of the very best. There are more like them, too.

I, and my fellow TT members are going to make sure that the “inferior training and equipment” part of Totten’s commentary is knocked down a peg or two.

]]> By: Luckedout http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872495 Luckedout Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:19:38 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872495 I've always been impressed that anyone in Iraq volunteers for the army or police force. It seems like half the suicide bombers attack recruits, or they get kidnapped, beheaded etc. Yet another reason why it's important to rally the 'troops' and win the White House with someone who won't let the deaths of these 3 men go in vain. My hat is off to them. May they rest in peace with their 70 virgins... they're the ones that truly deserve it if that's what they believe heaven will be like. I’ve always been impressed that anyone in Iraq volunteers for the army or police force. It seems like half the suicide bombers attack recruits, or they get kidnapped, beheaded etc. Yet another reason why it’s important to rally the ‘troops’ and win the White House with someone who won’t let the deaths of these 3 men go in vain.

My hat is off to them. May they rest in peace with their 70 virgins… they’re the ones that truly deserve it if that’s what they believe heaven will be like.

]]> By: Zorro http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872387 Zorro Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:36:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872387 <blockquote>Malik Abdul Ghanem Asa’ad Hussein Ali Abdul-Hamza Abdul-Hassan Rissan *salutes* RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 4:41 PM</blockquote> Amen

Malik Abdul Ghanem
Asa’ad Hussein Ali
Abdul-Hamza Abdul-Hassan Rissan

*salutes*

RushBaby on January 11, 2008 at 4:41 PM

Amen

]]> By: RobCon http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872206 RobCon Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:39:42 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872206 Decades from now we will finally hear the stories of valor of all concerned. We are just too close to it now. Decades from now we will finally hear the stories of valor of all concerned. We are just too close to it now.

]]> By: SouthernGent http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-872135 SouthernGent Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:22:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-872135 Their generation's children will thank them and our military. (Call me a pollyanna if you must). I thank all of them now. Their generation’s children will thank them and our military. (Call me a pollyanna if you must). I thank all of them now.

]]> By: Yakko77 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-871944 Yakko77 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:42:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-871944 *salutes* *salutes*

]]> By: joewm315 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-871904 joewm315 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:31:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-871904 God bless them. May the Muslim world follow their example, and join us in the modern world. God bless them. May the Muslim world follow their example, and join us in the modern world.

]]> By: Christoph http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-871862 Christoph Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:19:54 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-871862 Those people are heroes and I thank them. I've met good people from the Islamic world -- even a Muslim woman in Saudi Arabia I chat with and talk to online who covers her face when we talk on web camera. That's why I despise the people who say all Muslims everywhere are the problem. These people hurt our cause of civilizational survival and spread of freedom as much as they help it. Those people are heroes and I thank them. I’ve met good people from the Islamic world — even a Muslim woman in Saudi Arabia I chat with and talk to online who covers her face when we talk on web camera. That’s why I despise the people who say all Muslims everywhere are the problem.

These people hurt our cause of civilizational survival and spread of freedom as much as they help it.

]]> By: amerpundit http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-871827 amerpundit Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:02:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-871827 <blockquote>Malik Abdul Ghanem Asa’ad Hussein Ali Abdul-Hamza Abdul-Hassan Rissan</blockquote> Thank you, gentlemen.

Malik Abdul Ghanem
Asa’ad Hussein Ali
Abdul-Hamza Abdul-Hassan Rissan

Thank you, gentlemen.

]]> By: Frozen Tex http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-871825 Frozen Tex Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:01:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-871825 Damn. Damn.

]]> By: mattyj86 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-871787 mattyj86 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:45:28 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-871787 Heroes. Heroes.

]]> By: trailortrash http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/comment-page-1/#comment-871786 trailortrash Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:45:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/11/totten-the-bravery-of-iraqis/#comment-871786 :salute: :salute:

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