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Killed Soldier Questioned "Fucktarded" War Plan |
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from Drudge Report
Entered into the database on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 @ 17:16:44 MST |
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In a weblog he fatalistically titled One Foot in the Grave, Strickland asked,
"What kind of fucktarded plan have we been half-assedly executing?" Strickland, who aspired to teach English, was recalled by friend
Mark Kraft as a gifted writer and poet. I'm back home. Mahmudijah. The Mahm. St. Michael. What have you. My truck, which I left here in good working order, is destroyed mostly. The insurgency is on the rise in our area, with a most impressive coordinated
assault on one of my sister FOBs (St. Joe) under their belt. Apparently they
have enough folks and sophistication in my back yard where they can simultaneously
place accurate mortar rounds on three seperate locations (at least 30k apart)
to tie up any ground mounted quick reaction forces, as well as offer up multiple
RPG strikes on the guard towers at Joe. These RPG attacks really bring out the
QRF who face their own ambush as they come out the gate, at least 12 insurgents
occupying buildings with an overwatch position to Joe's only entrance armed
with more rpg's and small arms. The only possible responses are tanks or Apaches.
Luckily we have both on call. 12 dead insurgents, destroyed buildings, a compromised
FOB, sustained, accurate and unaswered indirect fire and lots o unanswered questions
later... I'm here. What the fuck has my chain of command been doing? We were winning somewhat
when I left. And now we're being pinned down in our own fucking homes? Insurgents
are pushing locals out of their homes and taking over my area at will? What
kind of fucktarded plan have we been half-assedly executing? Obviously the kind
that neglects sound contact with locals. Obviously the kind that gives further
distance to unbridged gaps between soldiers and locals. Obviously the kind that
has shown enough weakness when confronted by the insugency that it has been
encouraged to grow. Back home (the USA kind) I have no home, no job, and my commander in chief
is on vacation (he's about 20 days behind Ronald Reagan right now in the race
to become the most vacationing president ever. Hey W! we all got our fingers
crossed! Here's to you and two more years of presidency...er vacationing!).
Luckily pretty much everything that is important to me can fit into the back
of a truck. Luckily I just paid off one of those. In their fear to build relationships and get out of their hiding holes the
FOBbits above me have fucked my friends and I. We've just completed the first 1/4 of our tour. we've sent 4 of 24 members
of this platoon home with injuries. Thankfully we're not like another who has sent 8 home in body bags...but we
got 9 months to go. Stay true lambs, REV |