On 5/22/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The American people Yada, yada yada... > > Since then we've been told every month that "we're makin' progress", > yet no progress is seen; this soldier points that out as gMoney said.
Anecdotal http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-extend22may22,1,5015514.story Lt. Col. Craig Kozeniesky, the battalion commander, and Sgt. Maj. William Jordan, the senior enlisted man, assembled Marines whose enlistments were running short. Marines who were there don't remember that Kozeniesky or Jordan spent much time speaking of the complexities of U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century. Instead, the two asked the Marines to help the battalion's younger members. "I just told them: 'We've been together this long. We need you - the young Marines need you,'" Jordan said "Finally I just told them, 'Everybody who is with us, move to the right side of the room,' " Jordan said. Only a handful stayed put. About 175 moved immediately to the right side. "I was blown away," Jordan said. "In all my years in the Marine Corps, I never saw anything like it." .... But Marines say that residents, encouraged by tribal sheiks and imams, have turned against the extremists and, among other things, are pointing out the location of hidden roadside bombs. "The last time, it was like the people didn't want to do anything to help their neighborhoods," Mellado said. "Now it's a big change. I want to be here to help with that, to help my Marines." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235295 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
