U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

[Drunkmasterflex]

And they were here in the wonderful city of Mosul, killed by a car bomb just outside of the base.  They were doing a transition mission where guys are mixed by the unit being replaced and the incoming unit.  It was the drivers last mission before going home he was literally yards away from safety.  It was really bad, 2 NCOs in my platoon knew the kid really well from a previous unit. 

[shorebird]

Goddamn.

How do you fight an enemy who is ready to die......who wants to die for his cause, and has been trained to do so from birth?

Friggen' car bombs. How do you win  against a people whose sole occupation for hundreds if not thousands of years, has been war? It's just about all they know. Mutherfargers go to bed at night thinkig of ways to kill Americans.

[ATV]

You can say the same thing about most peoples. We said the same thing about the Vietnamese. Yet they still didn't see this coming?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

We said the same thing about the Vietnamese. Yet they still didn't see this coming?

Well, of course they didn't see it coming.  They only have those little slits to see out of.

Also, they like to eat rice and ride bicycles.

[mussa]

Goddamn.

How do you fight an enemy who is ready to die......who wants to die for his cause, and has been trained to do so from birth?

Friggen' car bombs. How do you win  against a people whose sole occupation for hundreds if not thousands of years, has been war? It's just about all they know. Mutherfargers go to bed at night thinkig of ways to kill Americans.

simple minds closed off from the rest of the world. persuaded by religion and those who use religion to get what THEY want, not what GOD actually says. It's simple man, people have been using religion for years to get what they want. These people see heaven as better than Earth...oh yea and they are promised 60 virgins and martyrdom. Mud hut or 60 virgins, you choose. Total diff. world outside of the US

[ATV]

simple minds closed off from the rest of the world. persuaded by religion and those who use religion to get what THEY want, not what GOD actually says. It's simple man, people have been using religion for years to get what they want. These people see heaven as better than Earth...oh yea and they are promised 60 virgins and martyrdom. Mud hut or 60 virgins, you choose. Total diff. world outside of the US

Did the North Vietnamese believe in 60 virgins? No, they believed in their principles.

[mussa]

simple minds closed off from the rest of the world. persuaded by religion and those who use religion to get what THEY want, not what GOD actually says. It's simple man, people have been using religion for years to get what they want. These people see heaven as better than Earth...oh yea and they are promised 60 virgins and martyrdom. Mud hut or 60 virgins, you choose. Total diff. world outside of the US

Did the North Vietnamese believe in 60 virgins? No, they believed in their principles.

I quoted shorebird...who was referring to Iraq...which is what this thread is about.  dickbag.

[Drunkmasterflex]

The thing is a lot of the men and women doing the suicide missions aren't that way.  They are people that are told if they don't do it their families will be murdered, many of the extremists aren't the ones actually doing the dirty work.   

[General_Failure]

simple minds closed off from the rest of the world. persuaded by religion and those who use religion to get what THEY want, not what GOD actually says. It's simple man, people have been using religion for years to get what they want. These people see heaven as better than Earth...oh yea and they are promised 60 virgins and martyrdom. Mud hut or 60 virgins, you choose. Total diff. world outside of the US

Did the North Vietnamese believe in 60 virgins? No, they held out for the other dozen the ad said they'd get.

[Seabiscuit36]

i wish ATV would get gutted by nips

[ice grillin you]

The thing is a lot of the men and women doing the suicide missions aren't that way.  They are people that are told if they don't do it their families will be murdered, many of the extremists aren't the ones actually doing the dirty work.   

the latest is to recruit women who have very low iq's are half wits or even mentally retarded and send them off strapped


and sb best believe if these people had access to blackhawks guided missles and aircraft carriers theyd be using them instead of car bombs and ied's

[Seabiscuit36]

no doubt about weaponry

[shorebird]

Yeah, thats a very, very scary thought.

[Diomedes]

4,223

[Diomedes]

4,245

for reference, Afghanistan: 651