Let Our Men Do There Job

With my little ol' blog only having two daily readers, I normally wouldn't link to another blog. I figured most people have already read everything else and when absolutely bored....you get me. This one has my feathers ruffled and I couldn't pass it up. Fun With Hand Grenades and his next adventure "Wild Bill, part two." Following our trip to the city and the shotgun incident I was shooting the shit with our lieutenant when he told me I couldn’t go nuts with the shotgun anymore. Apparently he and all the NCOs that were there had to file paperwork on the whole thing, documenting why I was firing off shotgun rounds like they were going out of style. I looked at him with my signature “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” look: “You’ve got to be kidding me. ”“Nope,” he said. “No more of that in the city.” OK, here’s where I get on my soap box and get critical of how things are run around here. Apparently some of the higher ups caught word about the shotgun blasts and flipped out that we (and by “we” I mean “I”) were, in essence, terrorizing the citizens or Iraq. I say “we” because all my leadership was in total approval of what I did. Being in the lead truck it was necessary for me to make certain decisions, decisions that can easily affect our safety. Being motionless in a crowd of people who could potentially kill you isn’t my idea of a fun time. Honk your horn, motion for Haji to move, yell at them in Arabic… there’s not much else you can do. Hence the use of my Mossberg. And we’re getting bitched at for what we call “escalation of force?” Get the fuck out of here… were you there? No; know your role and stay the hell out of it. The lives of my comrades and me are at risk. I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure we get through the city safely. If that includes scaring Haji into compliance with gunfire, so be it. If that includes destroying property, so be it. Maybe they’ll know to get the fuck out of the way next time. What are you waiting for, go read it, leave him a comment while your at it.......and then you will want to read "Wild Bill, Part One" ********************** I put my little ol' 2 cents in on his comments and here is part of them: Too many people seem to forget this is a war we are fighting and not a fucking video game. Thanks to the MSM and technology, we all get to sit back and enjoy / pick apart everything that is wrong or right in Iraq &/or Afghanistan with never stepping foot outside of our nice comfy homes. Bullshit. Who the hell do we think we are to criticize what transpires? Who are we to say what happened, even including in the most recent Haditha Story? This one, they have been tried and convicted thanks to the MSM without every stepping inside a court room. My point, Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Seaman need to be left alone to do there job, "Kick Some Ass" and come home. After all we are fighting a war. Or did I miss something. Semper Gratus! dyzgoneby