Every Member of Marine Squad Killed or Wounded

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

Just how badly is it going in Iraq? Read this:

"Among the four Marines killed and 10 wounded when an explosive device erupted under their Amtrac Wednesday were the last battle-ready members of a squad that four days earlier had battled foreign fighters holed up in a house in the town of Ubaydi. In that fight, two squad members were killed and five were wounded.

"In 96 hours of fighting and ambushes in far western Iraq, the squad had just ceased to be.

"Every member of the squad -- one of three that make up the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment -- had been killed or wounded, Marines here said. All told, the 1st Platoon -- which Hurley commands -- had sustained 60 percent casualties, demolishing it as a fighting force."

Every Member of Marine Squad Killed or Wounded

[billbuckhead]

1. That's reckless use of our soldiers

The troops that make it home are going to need a lot of support.

[Selatius]

3. Can you imagine a Memorial Day parade with this unit?

All you'd see marching past are coffins and men in wheelchairs because that's all they've been reduced to.

[mmonk]

2. Aren't our commanders

and the Secretary of Defense great?

[dave502d]

4. Marine Reservists from across Ohio, Just makes you sick.n/t

[annarbor]

5. As a Marine Corps Veteran.....

I can only imagine why they can't make their recruitment quotas for the first time in history. This war is absolutely appaling! This is also why I doubt that Bush is going to stand by his "No Draft" mantra. I know that, before he's done, he's going to attempt to invade either Syria or Iran and those out there with draft-aged kids are going to suffer great losses.

Ann Arbor

[TheGunslinger]

6. Here are two Washington Post articles on Lima Company

'They Came Here to Die'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/10/AR2005051000221.html?nav=hcmodule


Demise of a Hard-Fighting Squad
Marines Who Survived Ambush Are Killed, Wounded in Blast
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/11/AR2005051101737.html

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Just remember

the traitors in the White House don't care. The more that die, even our own, the better.