Pure propaganda, served up on a MSM platter with a bed of shit!
"Petraeus dines with troops on holiday; Urges them to tell home of progress" by Robert W. Gee/Cox News Service November 23, 2007
BAQOUBA, Iraq - General David H. Petraeus, commander of US forces in Iraq, went on a whirlwind tour of Army mess halls on Thanksgiving and asked soldiers scheduled to head home in the next few days to tell Americans of the progress in their corner of Iraq.
Yeah, go home and politic the war, soldiers!
Unless you are against it! Then they will arrest you!
"When you go back, you need to convey a sense you have achieved progress that you should all feel proud about," Petraeus told about 30 members of the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, Third Brigade, First Cavalry Division. "You helped give a sense that this can be done."
A sense it can be done. Sort of like an illusion, huh?
Petreaus nothing more than a weasly little liar!
The revival of Baqouba, earlier one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq and without a functioning government, is one of the Army's biggest success stories this year. The battalion, with the help of reinforcements that arrived in the spring and summer, restored a degree of security to this provincial capital and also reduced sectarian tensions.
Yeah, except for yesterday!
Story Iraq: Never-Ending Violence
Pfffftt!
The battle was just next door to where Puke-tray-us was eating, huh?
It was a holiday they were meant to spend at home, but with a three-month extension to their tour, these soldiers were spending the second Thanksgiving in a row in Iraq.
Been there for OVER a YEAR, huh?
Most were given the day off. They cleaned their guns, tossed a football around, played guitar, and, of course, ate turkey.
Most of the battalion is scheduled to leave its base today for a roughly five-day journey back to Fort Hood, Texas. The rest will leave early next week.
"I'm thankful that I'm going home, being able to count the days that I'm going home," said Corporal Wes Brooks, 24, of Buford, Ga., "And that I'm alive."
That's a vote-of-confidence for war policy, huh?
The battalion lost 28 soldiers in the past 14 months, the most in the brigade.
Private First Class James Webb II, 22, who was playing guitar and dancing, said he's looking forward to "a new tattoo, a new computer, a new guitar, and a new amp."
A machine gunner in Iraq, he plans to leave the Army and apply to the University of Texas at Austin to study business and theater.
Leaving the Army? Why?
After this noble mission and the great digs they gave you?
What a traitor! Why you leaving Georgie's Army when he needs you?
"Being over here gives you a deeper appreciation for life," he said. "It's not like I notice blue skies and rainbows. Nah. I mean to be able to go out and get a beer, to hang out with women, just to sleep in a nice bed."
Yeah, you all got a better perspective than us civilians, huh?
Like we can't appreciate the war -- despite the immersion of informing oneself about the myriad of lies and murder surrounding it!
Maybe you are too close, soldier, because I love life!
And my appreciation and passion is FROWNED UPON in DEAD-FUCK AmeriKa!
Sergeant Darrell Buck, 29, of Edmond, Okla., a sniper, said he was "extremely disappointed" that he missed Thanksgiving with his wife and 11-month-old daughter, Layla, whom he hasn't seen since he flew back to see her birth. But, he said, "it's all for a good cause."
I wonder if he worked in the Asymmetrical Warfare Group.
He ate a pizza from Pizza Hut, which recently opened on Forward Operating Base Warhorse, instead of turkey because the pizza was "something a little closer to home."
Yup, building bases for the never-ending occupation.
Bet a lot of you soldiers will be spending Thanksgivings in Iraq for years to come!
The dining hall was serving turkey, but it wasn't Grandma's. During lunch hours, turkey was served in chunks, soaked in gravy. But there was also prime rib, honey-glazed ham, and shrimp cocktail. The serving lines stretched for an hour-and-a-half at times.
The line was five minutes long when Petraeus arrived, about 6 p.m. The four-star general ate and chatted with soldiers in Stevie's Cafe, a new room in the dining hall dedicated to Texas guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan. He asked soldiers about their families and lessons learned from their deployment.
They cleared it out for him, huh? Perks of privilege!
He also awarded the Commanding General's coin for Excellence in Combat to 30 members of 1-12 Battalion.
He told them: "All Americans give thanks for you and your comrades here. Well done to all of you. Go back with your heads held high and remember those who are not going back."
Sorry, guys, but I don't thank you for murdering on behalf of George W. Bush and his fucking lies!!
Maybe if you put down your guns and refused orders, I'd feel differently.
As it is, you are all just a bunch of mass-murdering killers!
