John Kerry represents his party...

"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

In other words, the military is a bunch of stupid failures. I appreciate that.

My Commander In Chief responds, "Kerry comments insulting and shameful."

Thank you, Sir.

The National Commander of the American Legion also defends us, "As a constituent of Senator Kerry's I am disappointed. As leader of The American Legion, I am outraged," said National Commander Paul A. Morin. "A generation ago, Sen. Kerry slandered his comrades in Vietnam by saying that they were rapists and murderers. It wasn't true then and his warped view of today's heroes isn't true now."

"While The American Legion shares the senator's appreciation for education, the troops in Iraq represent the most sophisticated, technologically superior military that the world has ever seen," Morin said. "I think there is a thing or two that they could teach most college professors and campus elitists about the way the world works."


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Rep. Anne M. Northup (R-KY)

"You can have a bad week. You can have two bad weeks. But, when you have two bad months, you have to reassess. You cannot afford to lose the numbers we are now."

Rep. Northup is another fine example of the weak and worthless that plague our Congress. From the view of our enemies, Rep. Northup is a fine example of the average American.

NOTE TO AMERICA: In Wars, people die. People die until one side quits. Our enemies are depending on Americans like Rep. Anne Northup.
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CNN = Politics

That's their claim. That's their problem.

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4th Infantry Division Soldiers Seize Large Weapons Cache

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
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Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

Title:
MND-B SOLDIERS SEIZE LARGE WEAPONS CACHE
Release Date:
10/2/2006
Release Number:
06-01-02P
Description:
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, seized a large weapons cache northwest of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

The cache consisted of 141 rocket-propelled grenades, 150 RPG boosters, 186 fuses, 50 grenade bodies and a missile warhead.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team destroyed the weapons.

As of Friday, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B Soldiers have cleared approximately 95,500 buildings, 79 mosques and 65 muhallas, detained more than 120 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,700 weapons, registered more than 780 weapons and found 37 weapons caches in support of Operation Together Forward. The combined forces have also removed more than 195,841 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.

For additional information concerning this release, contact the MULTI-National Division - Baghdad Public Affairs NCO In Charge, Master Sgt. Eric Lobsinger at: eric.lobsinger@mnd-b.army.mil , Commercial: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

IRAQ’S ARMY ASSUMES CONTROL OF FORCES NEAR FALLUJAH

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
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Title:
IRAQ’S ARMY ASSUMES CONTROL OF FORCES NEAR FALLUJAH
Release Date:
10/2/2006
Release Number:
06-01-02P
Description:
NASSER WA SALAAM, Iraq – Iraq’s army took a leap forward toward greater independent responsibility Oct. 1 when the 1st Iraqi Army Division assumed operational control of another brigade.

Marines and soldiers of Regimental Combat Team 5, based in Fallujah, turned over operational control of Iraqi soldiers assigned to 4th Brigade to the 1st Iraqi Army Division in a ceremony marking the transfer of authority. Iraqi soldiers serving in the brigade operate in joint and independent battlespaces ranging from this small city west of Abu Ghraib to regions north of Fallujah.

“On behalf of the 5,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers of Regimental Combat Team 5, I want to say how special and important today is,” said Col. Larry D. Nicholson, commanding officer of RCT-5.

Nicholson said Iraqi soldiers, or jundi, proved their mettle in the past months by fighting insurgents alongside Marines, sharing in the risks and the victories over terrorism.

“Last week, jundi, Marines and police patrolled the streets of Gharmah,” he explained. “That couldn’t have been imagined two years ago. Marines and jundi have fought together, died together and bled together.”

Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Abdullah Abdul Satter Abdul Karem, commander of 4th Brigade, said the transfer from U.S. to Iraqi command was a historic occasion for the brigade, stating his Iraqi soldiers “honor the men of our country.”

“This is an indicator of the level of training of the jundi of 4th Brigade,” Abdullah said. “We are dedicated to building a free Iraq to defeat terrorism.”

Iraqi soldiers from 4th Brigade fought battles in Fallujah, Gharmah and Karbala, he said. They also distributed medical assistance to local residences and assisted in rebuilding Fallujah following the battle in 2004. Additionally, they protected electoral candidates from assassination attempts prior to Iraq’s first free elections last year.

“Although the relationship has changed,” Nicholson said, “we’ll continue to look forward to working together … to defeat the enemy.”

This was the second such ceremony in as many months. In September, Iraq’s 1st Division assumed authority over 3rd Brigade, based in Habbaniyah.

For more information contact 2nd Lt. J. Lawton King at Joseph.King@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil