Weary GIs endure relentless combat

[Tab]

Jump out. Kick in door. Spray machine-gun fire. Run to rooftop. Kill enemy. Jump back into armored vehicle. Move to new location.

Repeat.

So goes the battle for Fallujah as experienced Friday by the exhausted and bewildered soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the Army's 1st Infantry Division. Flanked by Marines, the bleary-eyed troops led the southern push to corner die-hard Sunni Muslim insurgents who were the last obstacles to full American control of the city.
...
When it rained, they trudged through mud that dried and turned to dust flecking skin, hair and gear. None of them had bathed or changed clothes in nearly five days. Sleep became impossible. Crammed six to a bench in the back of Bradley Fighting Vehicles, they were a sweat-soaked, blood-spattered stinking mess.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&ncid=2027&e=2&u=/chitribts/20041113/ts_chicagotrib/wearygisendurerelentlesscombat

No sleep for three days? They won't be able to keep that up much longer.

[Barrett808]

1. "We feel we've broken their back and their spirit "

"Our goal right now -- we feel we've broken their back and their spirit -- is to keep the heat on them," Marine Lt. Gen. Thomas Sattler, commander of the offensive, said of the militant holdouts.

Riiiiight.

[saigon68]

11. GUESS WHAT Lt. Gen. Thomas Sattler YOU IDIOT

There are several hundred million more Muslim "RAG HEADS" with an attitude problem that are waiting to kill your sorry ass.

And to usher the idiot general from the building, lets sing dick cheney's song for the neocon crusade


Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!

Refrain

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.

At the sign of triumph Satan’s host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
Brothers lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.

Refrain

[seriousstan]

2. "GO" pills

copled with adrenaline.

[Rose Siding]

3. I wonder what kind of pills they give them...

to keep them awake so long?

[pinerow]

6. I cannot seem to muster much sympathy...they want gung-ho...

now they have it.

[Chimpanzee]

12. I don't know but that can't be very good for your heart

[bhikkhu]

14. No need to wonder

Methamphetamines or "go" pills are standard battle issue. This is public information, though not well known. The side effects are horrendous, however. The brain of a meth-head is supposed to resemble a neural forest through which a fire has raced.

[Florida_Geek]

4. Poor babies, this is the War

that you voted for... Get over it.

[lachattefolle]

13. Not all of them voted for this damn war. n/t

[JudyM]

5. battle fatigue means more of them may be killed

remember tom hanks' character at the end of private ryan? so spent he just sat down in front of a tank and fired at it, then got shot. Ugh. if i had a kid serving over there, i'd be out of my mind hoping and praying.

[bleedingheart]

7. that's war

my dad's unit fought for over 5 months in continuous battle during WWII...

I pray for them.

[Algorem]

8. Bush is happy.So everything's fine.

Just fine.

[teryang]

9. Many will have difficulty sleeping for the rest of their lives

...and the taxpayers will get the psychiatrists bill, the medication bill, and the disability bill. For what?

[number6]

10. win the battle, lose the war

:(

"Jump out. Kick in door. Spray machine-gun fire. Run to rooftop. Kill enemy. Jump back into armored vehicle. Move to new location.

Repeat."