Laura Ingraham is blogging from Iraq

[Cocoa]

http://www.lauraingraham.com/pg/jsp/general/iraqjournal.jsp


Day 3: Feb. 7th, 2006

I started the day with a pre-patrol briefing for an 18-soldier Humvee convoy to a local village near Camp Victory. When we arrived at the village, children swarmed around our vehicles, waving and laughing. The kids were absolutely gorgeous-especially the girls with their big, curious, almond-eyes. I became their instant new American friend when they saw I had my helmet filled with Tootsie Pops. (Big mistake to bring only two bags!)

I then observed CPT Mike Tess and LT Emily Siegert in a meeting with the local mayor about ongoing infrasture projects-a new water tower, secondary school, and sewage pipes. This village doesn't look so hot by our standards-shabby buildings and bad drainage-but it it's very liveable by Iraqi standards. Mayor Abdul Hyder told me that the life now, compared to life three years ago, was "like a dream" for most Iraqis. "Yes, there are problems," he said," but there is also freedom." His gratitude for all that Coalition forces have done for Iraq seemed heartfelt. At the same time, he told the patrol leaders that villagers were sometimes afraid when troops they didn't yet know well entered the village on foot patrol, rather than in vehicles. (This particular unit had recently moved from a very dangerous region in Iraq and were still getting to know the locals.) This sort of one-on-one diplomacy is critical to the long-term success of the mission here.

When we returned, I hit the mess hall with more soldiers from 1-320 FAR, and heard about some of their toughest battles when they were deployed at Camp Taji. The unit lost six brave men in their two months, but in that same time period, also found and destroyed the largest amount of munitions by any artillery unit in Iraq. These kids-and some older than I am-are soft-spoken and humble, yet more deserving of praise and acknowledgment than all the celebrities in Hollywood. I capped off a fantastic day with broadcast in front of a group of rowdy soldiers from as far away as Iskandaria. Many of you had the chance to talk to them directly on air. This has never before been done on national radio. I saw up close that they really appreciate the support and prayers. They believe in what they are doing here-and they know how hard it is better than anyone.

(Special thanks to my new friend MAJ Chris Lambesis, who helped me with this post.)


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[mitchum]

1. I'm keeping my fingers crossed

[democracyindanger]

2. "local village near Camp Victory"

Like right-fucking-outside-the-perimeter. Fucking got-damn propaganda bitch. In the past two hours, I've read a story about 1)An Iraq veteran being told that the college money he was promised was no longer available, and 2) An Iraq veteran being charged $700 for the body armor that was lost when he was wounded.

Fuck Ingraham. Instead of handing out Tootsie Rolls she should pick up a rifle and take up a position. But be sure to pay for your own body armor, you disingenuous anus.

[Cocoa]

13. your concern about body armor is totally misplaced

Laura sez so herself in yesterday's "blog entry"

And the concern about body armor, he said, is totally misplaced.

[democracyindanger]

14. I would

encourage soldiers stationed in Iraq to use Ingraham as a shield, but her anorexia is so advanced the bullet would zip right through her corpse-like ass.

[tularetom]

3. "blogging" my ass. This is government paid

propaganda like Armstrong Williams. Or the fake conference * with the group of Marines where it was later revealed that all the answers were scripted.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Well, I guess we were wrong about Iraq. Puppies and kittens!

Peaches and cream. Love and kisses. Sweets and flowers.

Or, as Laura blogs, "like a dream".

Here's her picture in Camp Victory:

[Canuckistanian]

7. She's in the "special" Green Zone

The one they reserve for all the happy people.....

[Cocoa]

8. lol

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

5. I'd like to see a blog about the soldiers' perspective.

Of this little 'visit', I mean.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Does she have any pictures for proof?

The Carrolls had pictures. By the way what's up wtih that one reporter?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

21. i think the troops call it "vacation journalism"

[LynnTheDem]

6. ROTFLMAO!!!

Liar liar liar. Gee ain't that a surprise not.

:rofl:

I got family Iraqmired there, witch, and I know EXACTLY what they're REALLY saying, and you are LYING your fucking ass off, Laura dear. Again.

[Erika]

9. She used to be kind of fun to listen to with the music, etc.

But she's become as screetchy and rabid as Ann Coulter.

[madeline_con]

11. Bullshit alert. What the hell is this supposed to mean?

"This village doesn't look so hot by our standards-shabby buildings and bad drainage-but it it's very liveable by Iraqi standards."

She can kiss my ass. :puke:

[smartvoter]

12. What a load of crap. How do these people live with themselves? nt

[Vogon_Glory]

15. We're Waiting For Laura To Do The Noble Thing

We're waiting for Laura Ingraham to do the noble thing and offer herself in exchange for kidnapped journalist Jill Carroll.

[FreedomAngel82]

16. So Carroll is still a live?

[Vogon_Glory]

17. We Can Hope...

We can hope that poor Jill Carroll is alive.

I hope that if the brutal thugs who abducted her killed her, it was quick and relatively painless. I also hope that her body is quickly found and is still in good enough condition so that criminal forensics technicians will have a nasty surprise waiting for the creatures who held her if they ever scuttle out from under their rocks.

In the meantime, surely Laura Ingraham would do the noble thing and offer herself up, wouldn't she?

[DemoTex]

18. Anybody remember Elaine Shepard? Viet Nam ca. 1965?

She was the cheer-leading right-wing war-supporter who spent some time with the B-57 Canberra crews in Danang (the Doom Pussies) in the early years of the Viet Nam war. She wrote an atrocious book that she called The Doom Pussy (D.O.O.M. for the Danang Officers Open Mess, or "O" club, and Pussy for the "jaws of the mouth of the cat of death," which many of us peaked into along the Ho Chi Mihn trail at night over Laos). Shepard unabashedly supported every aspect of the Viet Nam war.



The Doom Pussy

[UTUSN]

19. HEY!-- g.i.(s) need a practiced LAY in the field! Hard to find there.

Her "new friend," indeed. I don't think her religious conversion-- or her (husband?, didn't she get married?) will stop her wanton ways. Nothing has cured her filthy mouth so far.

[Obamarama]

20. Hey Laura...there's an IED...why don't ya go check it out?

Dont' go to pieces now... :sarcasm: