GRIZ
I saw this, also. At least 15 dead. This was one of two Chinooks taking some guys to hook up for their R&Rs. Both Chinooks were fired on, luckily, only the one hit. My prayers to the families of these warriors.
Is this the way it really is over there, or are the media only reporting a one-sided war? I mean, do we ever get any of the bad guys, or is it considered too barbaric these days to give a body count of them? Are we running patrols? Do they ever make contact? Since Bush prematurely declared this war over and won, there's been over 100 American KIAs. As most wars go, this is relatively low. In VN it was higher than that per week at times. I hope these kids are giving as much as they're taking and if so, this Barbarian would like to hear about it.
Griz, I only rode in those things a couple of times and had the same feeling...SITTING DUCK.
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Tom
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