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WANTED:
A number of brave/foolhardy/thrill-mongering
grunts for a heroic quest involving
the crushing of evil, the slaying
of said evil, the rescue of innocents,
with a few emotional subplots
along the way.
Number of bad guys: EXTREME!
Loot Level: Depends what you classify
as “loot”.
(Goat farmers may find this emotionally
and financially rewarding.)
Opportunities to showcase aggressive
nature, seek revenge, spend cold
nights eating cold meals from
a can or bag, and take R&Rs
you can't remember anything about
when their over. As a side benefit,
you get to re-live these wonderful
experiences in your nightmares
for the rest of your life.
Knowledge of Dante helpful but
not necessary. You can learn the
theory of "eternity lost" as you
go.
Transportation will be provided,
along with a variety of amusing
toys to play with once your there.
Applicants must supply their own
sense of humor.
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WHAT WAR MEANS TO A
WARRIOR
Warriors do not glorify war. They
have been there, done that, and
found no glory.
War is a terrible thing, but sometimes
the alternative can be much worse.
A true warrior does not want war.
He fights because he must. He
kills only when necessary, because
he knows killing is a terrible
thing. It changes you......forever!
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AFGHANISTAN
"Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus
ultor."
(Arise, the coming avenger, out
of my ashes.)
If you're wounded and left on
Afghanistan's plains
And the women come out to cut
up what remains
Just roll to your rifle and blow
out your brains
An' go to your God like a soldier
Kipling
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IRAQ
THREE HOURS OF SLEEP
I stood on watch from nine till
one
On guard until my time was done
Then I was awakened again at four
To watch again, to protect once
more
It's no surprise that through
the day,
I want to sleep my life away
But on my honor to God I pray,
Don't let me waste this precious
day,
But give me strength to carry
on
through the lonely nights to next
day's dawn
Jimmy Li
USMC
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TAKING
FALLUJAH
Standing before some 2,500 Marines
who stood or kneeled at his feet,
Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler, the
commanding general of the 1st
Marine Expeditionary Force, told
them that they would be at the
front of the charge.
"This is America's fight," Sattler
said. "What we've added to it
is our Iraqi partners. They want
to go in and liberate Fallujah.
They feel this town's being held
hostage by mugs, thugs, murderers
and terrorists."
Two Marine battalions, along with
a battalion from the Army's 1st
Infantry Division, will be the
lead units sent into a Fallujah
attack. They will be joined by
two brigades of Iraqi troops.
"God bless you, each and every
one. You know what your mission
is. Go out there and get it done,"
Sattler said.
Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, the
top enlisted Marine in Iraq, told
troops Sunday the coming battle
of Fallujah would be "no different"
than the historic fights at Inchon
in Korea, the flag-raising victory
at Iwo Jima, or the bloody assault
to remove North Vietnamese troops
who occupied the ancient citadel
of Hue in the 1968 Tet Offensive.
"You're all in the process of
making history," Kent boomed in
a clarion voice. "This is another
Hue city in the making. I have
no doubt, if we do get the word,
that each and every one of you
is going to do what you have always
done - kick some butt."
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GULF WAR
"Remember the Americans who gave
their lives so that aggression
might be thwarted and every nation
might live free of foreign domination.
Remember their families who ten
years after their death still
grieve. We join them in their
grief. We know the greatest honor
we can pay their memory is to
renew our commitment to the noble
cause for which they fought, to
renew our determination that evil
will not prosper, that freedom
will live and breathe in this
part of the world, and that those
honored heroes shall not have
died in vain. We will always remember
them."
Colen Powell
General, US Army Retired
"War is an
ugly thing, but not the ugliest
of things. The decayed and degraded
state of moral and patriotic feeling
which thinks that nothing is worth
war is much worse. The person
who has nothing for which he is
willing to fight, nothing which
is more important than his own
personal safety, is a miserable
creature, and has no chance of
being free unless made or kept
so by the exertions of better
men than himself."
John Stuart Mill
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