Allow me to quote General M.D. Meridius, RIA (ret.) at this point:
"At my signal, unleash Hell."
FALLUJAH, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Marines on Monday closed all roads into Fallujah, the site of last week's slayings of four U.S. civilian contractors and the horrific mutilations of their bodies. The Marines engaged in firefights inside and around the city, sources there said.
CNN reports that we have sustained a casualty---!@#$---and there are between five and seven Iraqi casualties. That's not a good enough kill ratio. I want twenty to one, or better. These vermin, or more accurately those who survive them, must understand that there will not be any further attacks such as the ones that claimed the lives of four private military contractors last week.
As for the people who dare slaughter our people, well then, the words of LCDR Anavel Gato will once again suffice: "DIE!" International law be hung; we've got an obligation to our people to live up to here, and that comes first. The "human rights establishment" of Europe can bellyache all it wants, but Americans can not and should not tolerate that sort of uncivilized violence against the remains of our people.
On a related note, Grim of Grim's Hall has pointed me to the legal definition of "mercenary", and I thank him for it. It came up in the discussion of the Kos thing, which I won't go into. I had my suspicions that "mercenary" was a defined term under the old traditions of war, and I am pleased to see that it does not apply to the individuals lost in Fallujah.1 For further information, see Southern Appeal.
From the halls of Montezuma to the walls of Fallujah. Semper fidelis, Marines, and get even for our boys. Good luck, God bless, and good hunting.
Tip of the Wisconsin hat to Jonah Goldberg.
Now Playing: "The Battle", Hans Zimmer from the Gladiator OST.
1 I have been told that a woman was included in the dead. As a good Southerner, color me outraged. There's no call for that kind of behavior and I'm hoping that we find someone to apply a little extra pain to.
Posted by Country Pundit at April 5, 2004 10:04 AM