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November 21, 2004

'We ain't done with this war yet'

While the faux handwringing about the Marine who shot an 'insurgent' in Fallujah continues, aided and abetted by hack propagandist Kevin Sites, a slice of war reality is presented by Dexter Filkins in the NY Times.

For a correspondent who has covered a half dozen armed conflicts, including the war in Iraq since its start in March 2003, the fighting seen while traveling with a frontline unit in Falluja was a qualitatively different experience, a leap into a different kind of battle.

The 150 marines with whom I traveled, Bravo Company of the First Battalion, Eighth Marines, had it as tough as any unit in the fight. They moved through the city almost entirely on foot, into the heart of the resistance, rarely protected by tanks or troop carriers, working their way through Falluja's narrow streets with 75-pound packs on their backs.

Read the whole thing. It will certainly put in the context that Kevin Sites deliberately leaves out in his hit piece.

hat tip Roger L. Simon

Posted by Darleen at November 21, 2004 08:17 AM

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Posted by: Sherri Reese at November 21, 2004 11:41 AM