With a Hotel Tango to Michelle Malkin– to whom I am ever willing to tango my hotel– comes this outstanding post from Bill Ardolino about Marines and Iraqi Jundi foiling a suicide chlorine tank bomber in Fallujah. I’ll let you go read the whole thing, but I want to highlight a few passages:
“As for the IAs, they proved themselves. The jundi did a great job and pretty much stopped the initial attack as the insurgents were trying to shoot/ram their way inside. The IA and IP [Iraqi Police] figured it out and opened up on them…” NOT, “the jundi did OK, they’re coming along,” but straight up praise for solid performance. I did some time in the Philippines with LtCol Clay Fisher in 91 and 92, and he’s a card-carrying tough guy. If he says they did well, then they did all that and more.
“And then those of us still standing, most wounded and gassed, ran back in again, slugged it out … Something to see. US Marines and Jundi still gasping for air, fighting side by side. Some jundi still in their sleeping sweats or shower sandals refusing to be evacuated, fighting back with their AKs and PKCs into enemy positions. Yes, some of these jundi got what it takes.”
Actions like these are the result of a long hard process that began in 2004 with the first MiTTs and slowly matured over the last three years, due to good people like my friends Chris Davis and Erik Peterson and our own Capt Lightning. Lots of pain, sweat, mistakes, blood, and hard work. But it’s paying off. And it needs to be supported and continued.
Anyone in Congress listening??
Gawd I hope someone in Congress is listening!
No, no one in Congress is listening. You see, they all went on vacation after not funding the combat troops in Iraq.
The Congress’ leader also can’t hear you. She’s busy conducting an independent Democrat Party foreign policy in terror-sponsoring Syria today.
The MSM isn’t listening. They’re too busy smacking down anyone, like McCain, who dares to inject a tepidly positive view. Although McCain was trying to suggest things overall might be on an upward track, CNN reporters poo poo that because, after all, they still have to wear flak jackets out on the streets.
The MSM is showing incredible zest and vigor in tamping down any suggestion that anything positive might be happening. The desired effect is to silence anyone in leadership that deigns to see progress and talks about it for fear they’ll be ridiculed.