Guerilla War in Iraq Sapping Troops

[Best_man23]

Hey, I thought Rummy said this wasn't a guerilla war?

"They are very safe in here," said Mahoney, speaking from his command post at a former Iraqi military hospital 12 miles north of Baghdad. "When they leave, it's full battle rattle and game on, and they know it. When they go out of the gate, it's very, very serious."

This is the most telling quote:

"I'm not here for George Bush's foreign policy," Chapa said. "I'm here because they sent me. We all have wives and children and we do what we have to do to get back alive."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0309040293sep04,1,7397039.story?coll=chi-news-hed

[oneighty]

1. Prime mover in battle

desire to continue living. Politics, idealism go out the door.

180

[Atlant]

2. We tried to warn them. But we were "Commies, faggots, cowards, etc." (NT)