Fuck "Liberation"

The marines are "disillusioned".

"We're out here giving our lives for these people," said Sgt. Jesse Jordan, 25, of Grove Hill, Ala. "You'd think they'd show some gratitude. Instead, they don't seem to care."

Gee, wonder if that has anything to do with

Meanwhile, U.S. warplanes unleashed missiles on a main street in the center of Fallujah late Saturday, killing two people and wounding four, said Dr. Rafea Heyad of the Fallujah General Hospital.

Or maybe it has something to do with

The residents of Fazat Shnetir were later seen digging mass graves to bury the bodies in groups of four. A health ministry spokesman, Saad al-Amili, said that 44 people were killed and 27 injured in the Fallujah attacks with 17 children and two women among the wounded. The floor of the Fallujah hospital was awash with blood. Relatives cried out with grief and called for vengeance.

Oh, well. No matter: "We're not taking any chances: Shoot first and ask questions later." Well, that oughta make the ingrates feel better about their "liberators".

A few months ago, this blog ridiculed Brig. General Mark Kimmit's admonition to "every person in this country" to begin "understanding their responsibility to provide us intelligence on those people in their neighborhoods who they believe to be participating in these attacks."

Their failure to "understand" their sacred duty to aid in their own betrayal is also a sore spot among the Marines:

Along with the heavy toll, the Marines cite other sources of frustration. High among them is the scarcity of tips from Iraqis on the locations of the roadside bombs that kill and maim Marines, even though the explosives frequently are placed in well-trafficked areas where bomb teams probably would be observed.

Can't say we didn't warn them. But interesting, isn't it, that by the evidence of the Marines themselves; the "dead-enders", "foreign terrorists", and "former regime elements" which comprise the Resistance encompass (if we include its support network) essentially "every person in this country"?

It's all good, though. We'll bring democracy to the A-rabs even if it means shooting them all dead and, uh, "asking questions" later.

Posted by Eddie Tews at September 19, 2004 07:18 PM