I got this in an indirect email. Did anybody watch that program?
A Marine's Thoughts--from Iraq
Hope everyone is well.
Elections right around the corner here. Everything is going
very well (except for the visit we just had from Dan Rather and his
freakin' entourage from hell). A more pompous (but scared and nervous)
bunch of individuals I have never met before. Actually, keep your eyes
out for Rather's report on our company in Lutufiyah (Golf Company, 2nd
Bn, 24th Marines from Madison, Wisconsin). Should be interesting. The
report should air on 60 Minutes II on Wednesday night your time, if
somebody could tape it for me. I would really like to see what they
keep in the report and what they edit out. Rather, that lowlife clown,
kept trying to bait my young Marines with loaded questions and they kept
putting it right back in his face. Best part was when he asked one of
the Marines why they don't like the media. The answer he got"was "that
you idiots make the terrorists look like giants whenever they explode a
bomb. They're not; they're nothing but a bunch of cowards. But they do
know that you guys in the press will eventually beat down public opinion
with your constant focus on only the negative." Rather just looked at
these guys with a scrunched up face, and did not give an answer back. I
think he was ready to leave the "Mad Ghosts" area as soon as he could.
Funny part, none of us were really sad to see him and his traveling
circus hit the road.
Bottom line on this whole thing is that on Sunday, we will
be involved in a historic event of immense proportion. A democratic
election in Muslim country has never before taken place in this region.
These people, over the ages, decades, and centuries of their existence,
have always lived under the direct rule of one monarch type of leader or
another. This is a momentous occasion, to say the least.
Occasionally, we do have some fun here. The attachment I
have sent was forwarded to me by a friend at Headquarters, Marine Corps.
Sad part is that it is pretty accurate.
Keeping this one very short, due to the short-fused time
hack on the 60 Minutes II story.
Sincerely and Best Regards,
I Remain, As Always,
Semper Fidelis,
Nick Sass
Major Sass, N.J., United States Marine Corps
S-3/Battle Officer (Mayhem Forward)
Callsign: "Snapshot"
Task Force 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines "The Mad Ghosts"
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit
1st Marine Division
Mahmudiyah, Iraq
"MAYHEM FROM THE HEARTLAND" |
