Roadside bomb kills two U.S. Marines in western Iraq (49 June 1716 Tot)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3100377,00.html

A roadside bomb killed two U.S. Marines in western Iraq, the military said Friday.

The attack on their vehicle occurred during combat operations Thursday near Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, the military said. (AP)

[RedEarth]

1. and the chimp said "bring it on"

fucking monster.....

[Democrats_win]

2. Hey Bush: Its not woooorking!

Bush institutionalized the Sunni insurgency with his arrogant demands for elections and constitutions.

[pie]

3. escalation is exactly what Bush is going for

War puts money in his pocket while fueling his
agenda. Keep the dumb americans scared,
take their rights away, eliminate their entitlements,
saddle them with unpayable debt.

[expatriot]

9. I don't think 41% approval rating is what he's going for.

35% approval on his handling of Iraq... only going down.

[pie]

28. I don't think approval rating is of paramount concern

Bush only cares about pushing through his radical agenda,
and he has been nearly 100% effective in doing so.
From the looks of things, he will continue to git her done
with little or no objection.

He knows Diebold will almost certainly be in place in '08, insuring
yet another neocon victory.

Bush has committed perhaps a dozen impeachable offenses,
yet we can never lay a hand on him. Not even close.

I predict he will continue to do as he pleases.
He will carry out his agenda in spite of popular opinion.
(How we gonna vote them out when they control the vote?)

[Warren Stupidity]

4. the ieds are getting more lethal

It seems that, two years later, 'the army we went with' finally has its humvees all armored up. Meanwhile the insurgents have learned how to make homemade 'shaped charges' that deliver enough punch to make the armor irrelevant. Next move rummy? How many more of our kids are you going to slaughter?

[Kraklen]

5. I'm also betting...

that insurgent intelligence and tactics are getting much better.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. its the vietnamization problem

The more we try to use the Iraqi Army, such as it is, the more intelligence about our operations, weapons, and tactics we share with the insurgents. It is a death spiral, literally.

Last one out of the green zone please turn out the lights.

[Barkley]

6. June Gloom: 49 killed this month

"June Gloom" is how the locals describe the overcast weather (marine layer)here in S. Cal during the month of June.

But these figure give new meaning to the term.

Oh, God make these senseless deaths stop!

[expatriot]

8. 51/2718 according to icasualties.org

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[catmandu57]

10. yeah 1718

it was 1716 this morning. Fuck.

[RamboLiberal]

15. I took it from icasualties - I visit that site several times a day

And in May and June it has changed it seems nearly every time I visit!

[dArKeR]

11. How does ynetnews publish long before the massive corporate

technologically advanced American Media Whore Corporations?

[Robb]

12. I think this was the one from near my area, sad story

Worth a read here.

(snip)

Maynard, a 2004 Montrose High School graduate, was killed when the Humvee he was driving on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq struck a roadside device. Although the military has yet to confirm, it was reported that the blast also killed four other Marines who were riding in the Humvee.

Maynard was 19.

(snip)

At MHS, Chad spent four years getting ready for military life. He took ROTC classes every year and, according to Gene, began calling the local military recruiter as early as age 15.

"He would spit out facts about the Marine Corps when he was 14 years old," said Jacob, who graduated from MHS three years before his brother.

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[stanwyck]

18. To you and others with this attitude

My son is a Marine sniper on his second tour in Iraq. He joined the Marines, I believe, because he knew he would be a successful Marine. He was not a successful college sophmore. He is, by nature, gentle and easy-going. Ironically, these attributes may help him succeed as a sniper. Snipers generally are able to slow their heartbeats so they can shoot more accurately.
He was more suprised than anyone to find out he is an excellent marksman. He was raised in a home without guns. He was most worried before going to boot camp about his lack of knowledge about weapons. He thought he would fail at the shooting range.
My son played club and school soccer for 12 years and never received a yellow or red card...his coaches wished he had. But he has a non-aggressive nature.
He's doing the job he was assigned to do. He hides for hours waiting for a convoy to be attacked. It's his job to look for anyone who would leave explosives for the supply trucks. He used to be in a two-man team, but since the troops are stretched so thin, he's usually by himself and he usually spends hours hidden, just looking and waiting.
His twin sister is very much the anti-war activist at her college. Both brother and sister voted for Kerry.
My husband and I raised our son and daughter to make their own decisions. We support them.
I understand your difficulty with this war. We share the same concerns.
Just remember, you would not want to be summarily categorized as narrow-minded. Or cowardly. Or weak. Adjectives some use to dismiss those who oppose this war.
So perhaps you shouldn't summarily caterogize all the young men and women in the military according to an interview with one individual.
They are not better than you because of what they do. But neither are they worse than you.
They are individuals. And many hold very similar political views to those of us here.
Try to remember this.

[RamboLiberal]

22. Great Post stanwyck - my best to you and your family

May your son return safely to you. Sounds like you raised some great kids.

We all need to remember that most of our troops are not that different from us. There a variety of reasons they joined the military.

[brentspeak]

21. What rock did you crawl out of? <eom>

[greendeerslayer]

23. High Plains Aint' The Dude Pulling Triggers In An Illegal War

If the soldiers and marines want my support they can disobey their murderous orders and display thier loyalty to humanity.

[leetrisck]

24. And they would need your support for what?

I can't imagine they would want it. "Display their loyalty to humanity" - yours?

[greendeerslayer]

26. No They Don't Need My Support...

...I'm forced under threat of arrest and imprisonment to send them my tax dollars.

[leetrisck]

27. Well, gee, stand up and fight back

go to prison

[High Plains]

29. Well, gee, soldiers stand up and fight back!

Resist the war.

Desert.

Seek conscientious objector status.

[High Plains]

25. I-Raq n/t

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Closing in on 300 Americans dead since the purple finger moment

Care to explain, dipshit congresspersons and cable commentators?

[RamboLiberal]

16. Yeah, remember all the articles saying maybe Bush was right ?

But now we have to fight tooth and nail to get the MSM to cover the DSM and the hearings.

[u2spirit]

17. We're losing 3 Americans a day

in this war. What a joke. This administration needs to be tossed into the trashbin. Anyone else up for a torches and pitchforks type operation to make it happen. At least the gays can't get married!

[leftchick]

19. 51 in 17 Days!!! Stop The Madness!!!

I am so ready for a mojor Anti-WarProtest!
This is so over due. Time to March on our TV Stations With All of the pics of the DEAD!

[bluestateguy]

20. US deaths since July 2, 2003: 1511

The second anniverasry of "Bring 'em on" is coming up.

[TahitiNut]

30. If an average of 3.3 are killed per day for the next 18 days ...

... then 1776 will have been killed by July 4th.